Namtso

Also known as Nam Co Lake, Namucuo

Namtso ( Namco; ; ) or Lake Nam (), also referred to as Tengri Nor ('Heavenly Lake'; ), is a mountain lake on the border between Damxung County of Lhasa prefecture-level city and Baingoin County of Nagqu Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, approximately NNW of Lhasa. It lies north of the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains (Nyainqêntanglha) on the Tibetan Plateau.

Key facts

Lake.name: Namtso / Namco
Lake.image: Namtso-and-holy-rock.jpg
Lake.caption: View of the lake and the holy rock near the Tashi Dor monastery (2005)
Lake.image_bathymetry: Nam Tso.png
Lake.caption_bathymetry: Relief map. Lhasa is the area marked in red at the bottom.
Lake.location: Damxung/Baingoin, Tibet Autonomous Region
Lake.type: salt lake
Lake.pushpin_map: Tibet
Lake.inflow: snow cover and spring of Tanggula Mountains
Lake.outflow: None (endorheic)
Lake.basin_countries: People's Republic of China
Lake.islands: 5

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==Geography == Namtso (Namco) is a lake that first formed during the Paleogene age, as a result of Himalayan tectonic plate movements. The lake lies at an elevation of , and has a surface area of . This salt lake is the largest lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region. However, it is not the largest lake on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. That title belongs to Qinghai Lake (more than twice the size of Namtso); which lies more than to the north-east in Qinghai.

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