Ngoring Lake | |
Pushpin Map: | Qinghai |
Type: | Fresh water lake |
Inflow: | Yellow River, Lena Qu |
Outflow: | Yellow River |
Catchment: | 18188km2 |
Basin Countries: | China |
Length: | 32.30NaN0 |
Width: | 31.60NaN0 |
Area: | 610.7-2NaN-2 |
Depth: | 17.60NaN0 |
Max-Depth: | 30.70NaN0 |
Elevation: | 42680NaN0 |
Ngoring Lake or Ngoreng Lake or Eling Lake is a large freshwater lake in the Yellow River catchment, it is in the southeast of Qinghai Province.The name of lake means "Long Blue Lake" in Tibetan language. Ngoring Lake is 610.7km2, with a drainage area of 18188km2, an elevation of 4268m (14,003feet), length 32.3km (20.1miles) and mean width 18.9km (11.7miles) (max 31.6km (19.6miles)).[1] It is also the origin of the Yellow River.