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Guozha Lake

Coordinates:35°1′53″N81°5′11″E / 35.03139°N 81.08639°E /35.03139; 81.08639
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Glacial lake in Tibet, China
Guozha Lake
Kotra Tso
Guozha Lake viewed from space
Guozha Lake is located in Tibetan Plateau
Guozha Lake
Guozha Lake
LocationRutog County,Tibet,China
Coordinates35°1′53″N81°5′11″E / 35.03139°N 81.08639°E /35.03139; 81.08639
Basin countriesChina
Max. length30.4 km (19 mi)
Max. width11.6 km (7 mi)
Surface area252.6 km2 (100 sq mi)
Max. depth81.9 m (269 ft)
Shore length1104 km (65 mi)
Surface elevation5,080 m (16,667 ft)
1 Shore length isnot a well-defined measure.

Kotra Tso (Tibetan:ཀོ་བཀྲ་མཚ,Wylie:ko bkra mtsha,THL:ko tra tsa),[1] orGuozha Lake (Chinese:郭扎错;pinyin:Guō zhā cuò),[a]previously calledLake Lighten,[2][b] is a glacial lake inRutog County in theNgari Prefecture in the northwest of theTibet Autonomous Region ofChina. It lies in the westernKunlun Mountains to the northwest ofBangda Lake,[4] not far from the regional border withXinjiang.[5] Located at an altitude of 5080 metres, it covers an area of 244 square kilometres with a maximum depth of 81.9 metres and has a drainage basin containing 62 glaciers.[6]

India's claim line inAksai Chin runs along the water-parting line of Lake Lighten and theAmtogor Lake to the west.[3] However, China hasclaimed the whole of Aksai Chin in 1959.

Maps

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  • Map including Lake Lighten and surrounding region (AMS, 1950)[c]
    Map including Lake Lighten and surrounding region (AMS, 1950)[c]
  • Map including LI-T'IEN HU (Lake Lighten)) (DMA, 1973)
    Map including LI-T'IEN HU (Lake Lighten)) (DMA, 1973)

Notes

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  1. ^Alternative spellings includeGozha Co,Gozha Tso orGuozhacuo.
  2. ^The Indian Government documents spell the name asLake Leighten.[3]
  3. ^From map: "THE DELINEATION OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES ON THIS MAP MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED AUTHORITATIVE."

References

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  1. ^Lake Kotra, kmaps.virginia.edu, retrieved 2021-07-03.
  2. ^Michael Ward.The Kun Lun Shan: Desert Peaks of Central Asia,The Alpine Journal (1989-90), p. 90.
  3. ^abLamb, Alastair (1973),The Sino-Indian Border in Ladakh(PDF), Australian National University Press, p. 10
  4. ^Ehlers, Jürgen; Gibbard, Philip Leonard (15 July 2004).Quaternary Glaciations: South America, Asia, Africa, Australasia, Antarctica. Elsevier. p. 107.ISBN 978-0-444-51593-3. Retrieved9 April 2012.
  5. ^Maps (Map).Google Maps.
  6. ^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.Bibcode:1992AnGla..16...79C.doi:10.3189/1992AoG16-1-79-84.ISSN 0260-3055.
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