Gomang Co

Gomang Co
Sentinel-2 image (2021)
Gomang Co is located in Tibet
Gomang Co
Gomang Co
LocationXainza County, Nagqu, Tibet, China
Coordinates31°12′51″N 89°12′17″E / 31.21417°N 89.20472°E / 31.21417; 89.20472

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Gomang Co, Tibet Autonomous Region, China". Mindat.org. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  3. ^ 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.