| Zhari Namco | |
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 Satellite Image of Zhari Namco | |
  Zhari Namco | |
| Coordinates | 30°55′N85°38′E / 30.917°N 85.633°E /30.917; 85.633 |
| Type | Endorheic, Saline, Permanent, Natural |
| Primary inflows | Cuoqin Zangbu,Dalong Zangbu |
| Catchment area | 15,433.2 km2 (5,958.8 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | China |
| Max. length | 54.3 km (34 mi) |
| Max. width | 26.2 km (16 mi) |
| Surface area | 996.9 km2 (400 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 183 km (100 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 4,613 m (15,135 ft) |
| 1 Shore length isnot a well-defined measure. | |
Zhari Namco orZhari Nanmu orLake Trari Nam (Tibetan:བཀྲ་རི་གནམ་མཚོ,Wylie:bkra ri gnam mtsho,Chinese:扎日南木错) is asalt lake inTibet, China. It is bounded on the west byCoqên County ofNgari Prefecture, and on the east byNgamring County ofShigatse Prefecture. Zhari Namco is 996.9 square kilometres (384.9 sq mi), with a drainage area of 15,433.2 square kilometres (5,958.8 sq mi), an elevation of 4,613 metres (15,135 ft), length 54.3 kilometres (33.7 mi) and mean width 18.36 kilometres (11.41 mi) (maximum width 26.2 kilometres [16.3 mi]).[1] It is located east ofCoqên Town in southern Tibet.[2]
| Climate data for Zhari Namco | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) | −1.0 (30.2) | 2.2 (36.0) | 7.1 (44.8) | 10.9 (51.6) | 14.9 (58.8) | 14.7 (58.5) | 13.9 (57.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 7.3 (45.1) | 1.2 (34.2) | −1.3 (29.7) | 6.6 (43.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.7 (14.5) | −8.1 (17.4) | −4.4 (24.1) | −0.5 (31.1) | 3.1 (37.6) | 7.6 (45.7) | 8.8 (47.8) | 8.3 (46.9) | 5.7 (42.3) | −0.1 (31.8) | −5.8 (21.6) | −8.4 (16.9) | −0.3 (31.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.7 (1.9) | −15.2 (4.6) | −10.9 (12.4) | −8.1 (17.4) | −4.7 (23.5) | 0.4 (32.7) | 2.9 (37.2) | 2.7 (36.9) | −0.5 (31.1) | −7.4 (18.7) | −12.7 (9.1) | −15.5 (4.1) | −7.1 (19.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 13 (0.5) | 8 (0.3) | 15 (0.6) | 11 (0.4) | 8 (0.3) | 15 (0.6) | 53 (2.1) | 59 (2.3) | 24 (0.9) | 10 (0.4) | 1 (0.0) | 5 (0.2) | 222 (8.6) |
| Source:Climate-Data.org | |||||||||||||
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