Guozha Lake Explained

Guozha Lake
Other Name:Kotra Tso
Location:Rutog County, Tibet, China
Pushpin Map:Tibetan Plateau
Basin Countries:China
Length:30.40NaN0
Width:11.60NaN0
Area:252.6-2NaN-2
Max-Depth:81.90NaN0
Shore:1040NaN0
Elevation:50800NaN0

Kotra Tso,[1] or Guozha Lake,previously called Lake Lighten,[2] is a glacial lake in Rutog County in the Ngari Prefecture in the northwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies in the western Kunlun Mountains to the northwest of Bangda Lake,[3] not far from the regional border with Xinjiang.[4] Located at an altitude of 5080 metres, it covers an area of 244 square kilometres with a maximum depth of 81.9 metres and has a drainage basin containing 62 glaciers.[5]

India's claim line in Aksai Chin runs along the water-parting line of Lake Lighten and the Amtogor Lake to the west. However, China has claimed the whole of Aksai Chin in 1959.

Notes and References

  1. http://places.kmaps.virginia.edu/features/5785 Lake Kotra
  2. Michael Ward. The Kun Lun Shan: Desert Peaks of Central Asia, The Alpine Journal (1989-90), p. 90.
  3. Book: Ehlers . Jürgen . Gibbard . Philip Leonard . Quaternary Glaciations: South America, Asia, Africa, Australasia, Antarctica . 9 April 2012 . 15 July 2004 . Elsevier . 978-0-444-51593-3 . 107.
  4. Maps . Google Maps.
  5. Chaohai . Liu . Shijie . Li . Yafeng . Shi . Glacial and lake fluctuations in the area of the west Kunlun mountains during the last 45 000 years . Annals of Glaciology . 16 . 2017 . 0260-3055 . 10.3189/1992AoG16-1-79-84 . free . Table 1.