Sengli Co or Senlicuo (pinyin: senli cuò) or Sengli Tso (Tibetan: སེང་ལི་མཚོ།, Wylie: seng li mtsho, THL: Sengli Tso) is a freshwater alpine lake of Zhongba County, Shigatse in Southern Tibet, China.[1]

Sengli Co
Senlicuo
སེང་ལི་མཚོ། (Standard Tibetan)
Sentinel-2 image (2022)
Location of the lake in Tibet.
Location of the lake in Tibet.
Sengli Co
LocationZhongba County, Shigatse, Tibet, China
Coordinates30°25′09.66″N 84°04′08.15″E / 30.4193500°N 84.0689306°E / 30.4193500; 84.0689306
Surface area78 km2 (30 sq mi)
Surface elevation5,386 m (17,671 ft)
FrozenWinter

Location

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The lake's elevation is 5,386 m (17,671 ft) above sea level, with a total surface area of 78 km2. Its water runs north to south through Laiwuzangbo before entering Dangquezangbo (Maquan River) in the Yarlung Zangbo River's upper sections.[2]

It lies to the northwest of Buduo Town and southwest of Jima Town, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of Payang Town.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Lake Sengli, Fresh water lake". places.kmaps.virginia.edu, University of Virginia. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  2. ^ "Senlicuo lake, the highest outflow freshwater lake in China_Sihai network AMP". en.4hw.com.cn. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  3. ^ Google Maps