Lake Manasarovar
Lake Mansarovar (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, is a high altitude freshwater lake fed by the Kailash Glaciers near Mount Kailash in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The lake along with Mount Kailash to its north are sacred sites in four religions: Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Bön.
| Lake Mansarovar | |
|---|---|
| Mapam Yumtso (Standard Tibetan) | |
Lake Manasarovar with Mount Kailash in the distance. | |
Lake Mansarovar Lake Mansarovar Lake Mansarovar | |
| Location | Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, China |
| Coordinates | 30.65°N 81.45°E |
| Surface area | 410 km2 (160 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 4,590 m (15,060 ft) |
| Frozen | Winter |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.