🌊 Ngoring Lake

People's Republic of China · Asia · 4,237 m · 34.90°N, 97.70°E

Ngoring Lake or Ngoreng Lake or Eling Lake is a large freshwater lake in the Yellow River catchment, in the southeast of Qinghai Province. The name of lake means "Long Blue Lake" in Tibetan language. Ngoring Lake is 610.7 km2 (235.8 sq mi), with a drainage area of 18,188 km2 (7,022 sq mi), an elevation of 4,268 m (14,003 ft), length 32.3 km (20.1 mi) and mean width 18.9 km (11.7 mi). It is also the origin of the Yellow River.

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Quick facts

Country	People's Republic of China
Continent / region	Asia
Surface elevation	4,237 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	34.90°N, 97.70°E · view on map

Ngoring Lake sits at 4,237 m in People's Republic of China, in Asia. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More lakes in People's Republic of China

Qinghai Lake · Lake Khanka · Poyang Lake · Crescent Lake (Dunhuang) · Dongting Lake · Fuxian Lake · Lake Manasarovar · Lake Tai · West Lake · Erhai Lake.

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