Bangda Lake

Bangda Lake
Yeshil Kul
Sentinel-2 image (2021)
Bangda Lake is located in Ngari
Bangda Lake
Bangda Lake
LocationRutog County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Coordinates34°56′56″N 81°34′16″E / 34.94889°N 81.57111°E / 34.94889; 81.57111
Catchment area3,314.5 km2 (1,300 sq mi)
Basin countriesChina
Max. length15 km (9 mi)
Max. width9.7 km (6 mi)
Surface area106.5 km2 (0 sq mi)
Surface elevation4,902 m (16,083 ft)
References[1]

Bangda Lake (Tibetan: པང་བཏགས་མཚོ, Wylie: pang btags mtsho, THL: pang tak tso; Chinese: 邦达错; pinyin: Bāngdá Cuò),[a] formerly called Yeshil Kul,[2][b] is a glacial lake in Ngari Prefecture in the northwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies south of the western Kunlun Mountains, only a few kilometres to the southeast of Guozha Lake (Lake Lighten).[2] Located at an altitude of 4902 metres, it covers an area of 106 square kilometres with a maximum depth of 21.6 metres and has a drainage basin containing 90 glaciers.[3]

  1. ^ Sumin, Wang; Hongshen, Dou (1998). Lakes in China. Beijing: Science Press. p. 416. ISBN 7-03-006706-1.
  2. ^ a b Hedin, Sven (1999), Trans Himalayas - Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet - 3 Vols., Asian Educational Services, pp. 19–, ISBN 978-81-206-1416-1
  3. ^ Chaohai, Liu; Shijie, Li; Yafeng, Shi (2017). "Glacial and lake fluctuations in the area of the west Kunlun mountains during the last 45 000 years" (PDF). Annals of Glaciology. 16. Table 1. doi:10.3189/1992AoG16-1-79-84. ISSN 0260-3055.


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