Namtso Lake, Lago Nam, China
A mountain lake on the border between Damxung County of Lhasa prefecture-level city and Baingoin County of Nagqu Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, approximately 112 kilometres NNW of Lhasa. Namtso was born in the Paleogene age, as a result of Himalayan tectonic plate movements.
The lake lies at an elevation of 4,718 m, and has a surface area of 1,920 km2. This salt lake is the largest lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region. However, it is not the largest lake on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. That title belongs to Qinghai Lake which lies more than 1,000 km to the north-east in Qinghai.
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