Palongcuo or Palung Co (Chinese: 帕龙错; pinyin: palong cuò) is a high-altitude saltwater lake in Zhongba County in the Tibet region of China.
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| Location | Zhongba County, Tibet, China |
| Coordinates | 30°54′3.6″N 83°36′3.6″E / 30.901000°N 83.601000°E |
| Surface area | 141.33 km2 (54.57 sq mi) |
| Surface elevation | 5,101 m (16,736 ft) |
| Frozen | Winter |
Location
editThe lake in located at 5,101 m (16,736 ft) above sea level at Qinghai-Tibet plateau, about 740 kilometers west of the regional capital Lhasa. The area around Palungcuo mainly consists of grasslands as natural pasture.[1] It stretches 20.4 kilometers in a north-south direction and 12.1 kilometers in an east-west direction.
The lake is the southern end point of Palongcuo-Cangmucuo Fault Zone.[2]
Flora and fauna
editIn 2008, for the first time a snow leopard was spotted in the southern grassland of the lake.[3]
References
edit- ^ "the Overview of Zhongba County, Zhongba Tour Information, Zhongba Introductions – Tibet Tours, Tibet Travel, Tibet Trip, Tibet Tour Packages 2020". www.mysterioustibet.com. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ Shi, Xiaochun; Du, Zhibiao; Wang, Changwei; Li, Chenggang (2011-10-01). "Deformation analysis on Zhongba (Tibet) earthquakes as constrained by InSAR measurement". International Symposium on Lidar and Radar Mapping 2011: Technologies and Applications. Vol. 8286. pp. 82861M. Bibcode:2011SPIE.8286E..1MS. doi:10.1117/12.912447.
- ^ Wu, Mirenda (2008-11-21). "Snow leopard found in Palongcuo Lake of Tibet". China Tibet Information Center. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
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