Gozha Co
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Gozha Co Ligmen Tso |
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| Geographical location | Rutog County in Ngari Administrative Region in Tibet ( PR China ) | |
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 2 ′ N , 81 ° 5 ′ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 5080 m | |
| surface | 249 km² | |
| length | 30.4 km | |
| width | 11.6 km | |
| Maximum depth | 81.9 m | |
| Catchment area | 2727 km² | |
The Gozha Co ( Chinese 郭 扎 错 , Pinyin Guōzhā Cuò ; formerly Ligmen Tso ; also Lake Lighten ) is a lake in Rutog County in Ngari Administrative Region in Tibet ( PR China ).
The lake is located south of the Kunlun Mountains, whose glaciers feed the lake. Its catchment area covers 2727 km², of which 518.7 km² is glacier area (19% of the total catchment area). The Gozha Co is located at an altitude of 5080 m in the east of the desert plateau of Aksai Chin . The lake covers an area of 249 km².
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c V. H. Phan, RC Lindenbergh, M. Menenti: Geometric Dependency of Tibetan lakes on glacial runoff (PDF (2.2 MB)) Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 17, 4061-4077, 2013.