Gomang Co (also spelled as Guomang Cuo and Guomangcuo, Tibetan: སྒོ་མང་མཚོ, Wylie: sgo mang mtsho, ZYPY: Gomang Tso; Chinese: 果忙错; pinyin: Guǒmángcuò) is a mountain graben basin lake[1] on the Tibetan Plateau in Xainza County within Nagqu in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.[2] Gomang Co has a Köppen climate classification of existing in a tundra climate.[2] The lake's water level is controlled by its outlet toward Siling Lake, which is north of Gomang Co.[3]
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| Location | Xainza County, Nagqu, Tibet, China |
| Coordinates | 31°12′51″N 89°12′17″E / 31.21417°N 89.20472°E |
See also
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References
edit- ^ Mianping, Z. (2012). An Introduction to Saline Lakes on the Qinghai—Tibet Plateau. Monographiae Biologicae. Springer Netherlands. p. 40. ISBN 978-94-011-5458-1. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
- ^ a b "Gomang Co, Tibet Autonomous Region, China". Mindat.org. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
- ^ Doin, Marie-Pierre; Twardzik, Cédric; Ducret, Gabriel; Lasserre, Cécile; Guillaso, Stéphane; Jianbao, Sun (2015). "InSAR measurement of the deformation around Siling Co Lake: Inferences on the lower crust viscosity in central Tibet". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 120 (7). American Geophysical Union (AGU): 5290–5310. doi:10.1002/2014jb011768. ISSN 2169-9313.
Further reading
edit- Liang, Yangyang; He, Dekui; Jia, Yintao; Sun, Heying; Chen, Yifeng (September 8, 2017). "Phylogeographic studies of schizothoracine fishes on the central Qinghai-Tibet Plateau reveal the highest known glacial microrefugia". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 10983. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-11198-w. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5591315. PMID 28887534.
External links
edit- Catalog of Space Shuttle Earth Observations Hand-held Photography. The Center. 1992. pp. 5–104. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
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