Tso Tang

Tso Tang
མཚོ་ཐང (Standard Tibetan)
Sentinel-2 image (2022)
Tso Tang is located in Southern Xinjiang
Tso Tang
Tso Tang
LocationAksai Chin, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang
Coordinates34°53′42.96″N 79°21′29.94″E / 34.8952667°N 79.3583167°E / 34.8952667; 79.3583167
Surface area38 km2 (15 sq mi)
Surface elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)
FrozenWinter
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Tso Tang
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese到腾格湖[1]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyindàoténggé hú
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese列腾格湖[2]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinlièténggé hú
Second alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese倒腾格湖
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyindǎotenggé hú
Tibetan name
Tibetanམཚོ་ཐང
Transcriptions
Wyliemtsho thang
THLtso tang

Tso Tang (Historically Tso Thang;[3] Tibetan: མཚོ་ཐང; lit. 'Lake of the Plain'[3]) is an alkaline lake located in the disputed territory of Aksai Chin in Hotan Prefecture of Xinjiang province of China.

  1. ^ Li Bingyuan (1991). "Evolution of the Lakes in the Karakorumwest Kunlun Mountains". Quaternary Sciences. 11 (1). ISSN 1001-7410. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022. 高湖面 时它与到腾格湖是一个统一的大湖
  2. ^ Li Xiaofeng (2018). "Spatial-temporal variations in lakes in northwest China from 2000 to 2014". Acta Ecologica Sinica. 38. doi:10.5846/stxb201612262677. ISSN 1000-0933. Retrieved 2 February 2022. 另一湖泊萎缩区(D区, 图 4)包括土布拉克湖、红山湖、列腾格湖和萨力吉勒干南库勒4个湖泊, 位于国道219与喀拉喀什河流域之间。
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference cayley1868 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).