Zigetangcuo Lake Explained

Tsige Dartso
Pushpin Map:	China Tibet
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of Zigetangcuo Lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
Location:	Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region
Coords:	32°N 134°W
Type:	meromictic
Basin Countries:	China
Area:	187sqkm
Elevation:	4560m (14,960feet)

Tsige Dartso or Zigetangcuo Lake ^[1] is a crenogenic^[2] meromictic lake^[3] in the North Tibetan Plateau.^[4] It is located in Nagqu Prefecture, north of Dongqiao.^[5] It has an area of 187 square kilometers^[2] at an altitude of 4560 meters.^[6] It is the meromictic lake with the highest known altitude.^[2]

Notes and References

1. News: Subject Category → Humanities → Geography → 冰川凍土 . 31 . 1 . Chinese Electronic Periodical Services. airiti Inc.. 2012-07-22.
2. Book: Lake Ecosystem Ecology: A Global Perspective: a Derivative of Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. Gene E. Likens. Academic Press. 2010-05-17. 9780123820037. 2012-07-22.
3. Book: Lake Victoria: Ecology, Resources, Environment. Joseph L. Awange . Obiero On'gan'ga O. . Springer. 2006-07-28. 9783540325758. 2012-07-22.
4. Web site: The Feature of Paleoclimate Recorded by Carbonate Content and Grain-size of Sediment in Zigetangcuo Lake . 2012-07-22. cnki.com.cn.
5. Book: Water beetles of China, Volume 3. Manfred A. Jäch . Lanzhu Ji . Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Österreich . Wiener Coleopterologenverein . Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft (Section of Entomology) and Wiener Coleopterologenverein. 1995. 2012-07-22.
6. Book: McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. McGraw-Hill, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. McGraw-Hill. 2009-05-12. 9780071613668. 2012-07-22.