Lake Manasarovar
Freshwater lake in the Tibet Region / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lake Manasarovar (Sanskrit: मानसरोवर, romanized: Mānasarōvara), also called Mapam Yumtso (Tibetan: མ་ཕམ་གཡུ་མཚོ།, Wylie: ma pham g.yu mtsho, THL: ma pam yu tso; Chinese: 瑪旁雍錯; pinyin: Mǎ páng yōng cuò) locally,[lower-alpha 1] is a high altitude freshwater lake fed by the Kailash Glaciers[3] near Mount Kailash in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The Indus River is near the lake.[4] The lake along with Mount Kailash to its north are sacred sites in four religions: Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Bön.[3]
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Lake Mansarovar | |
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Mapam Yumtso (Standard Tibetan) | |
Location | Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, China |
Coordinates | 30.65°N 81.45°E / 30.65; 81.45 |
Surface area | 410 km2 (160 sq mi) |
Max. depth | 90 m (300 ft) |
Surface elevation | 4,590 m (15,060 ft) |
Frozen | Winter |
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