🌊 Tangra Yumco

People's Republic of China · Asia · 4,434 m · 31.00°N, 86.57°E

Tangra Yumco is a salt lake in Tibet, China. It is in the southwest of Nyima County. Tangra Yumco is 835.8 square kilometres (322.7 sq mi), with a drainage area of 8,219.7 square kilometres (3,173.6 sq mi), an elevation of 4,528 metres (14,856 ft), length 71.7 kilometres (44.6 mi) and mean width 11.65 kilometres (7.24 mi). It is the holy lake of the Bön believers.

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Quick facts

Country	People's Republic of China
Continent / region	Asia
Surface elevation	4,434 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	31.00°N, 86.57°E · view on map

Tangra Yumco sits at 4,434 m in People's Republic of China, in Asia. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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