Longmu Lake

Lungmu Lake
Lungmu Lake
	Sentinel-2 image (2021)
	Lungmu Lake
Location	Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Coordinates	34°36′52″N 80°27′36″E / 34.61444°N 80.46000°E
Lake type	Salt lake
Catchment area	570 km2 (200 sq mi)
Basin countries	China
Max. length	17.2 km (11 mi)
Max. width	9.1 km (6 mi)
Surface area	97 km2 (0 sq mi)
Average depth	1 m (3 ft)
Surface elevation	5,002 m (16,411 ft)
References

Lungmu (Tibetan: ལུང་མུ་མཚོ, Wylie: lung mu mtsho; Chinese: 龙木错; pinyin: Lóngmù Cuò), also Longmu, Longmu Co or Longmucuo, is a glacial lake in Rutog County in the Ngari Prefecture in the northwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It was explored in 1989 in a Sino-French expedition to western Tibet.^[2]

Climate

Climate data for Longmu Lake
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−12.4 (9.7)	−10.3 (13.5)	−5.5 (22.1)	0.8 (33.4)	5.7 (42.3)	11.6 (52.9)	15.4 (59.7)	14.9 (58.8)	10.4 (50.7)	2.6 (36.7)	−4.3 (24.3)	−9.5 (14.9)	1.6 (34.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−19.4 (−2.9)	−16.9 (1.6)	−11.9 (10.6)	−5.9 (21.4)	−1.5 (29.3)	4.1 (39.4)	8.1 (46.6)	7.8 (46.0)	2.8 (37.0)	−5.3 (22.5)	−12.1 (10.2)	−17.0 (1.4)	−5.6 (21.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−26.3 (−15.3)	−23.5 (−10.3)	−18.2 (−0.8)	−12.6 (9.3)	−8.6 (16.5)	−3.3 (26.1)	0.9 (33.6)	0.7 (33.3)	−4.7 (23.5)	−13.2 (8.2)	−19.8 (−3.6)	−24.4 (−11.9)	−12.7 (9.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	1 (0.0)	1 (0.0)	1 (0.0)	2 (0.1)	4 (0.2)	4 (0.2)	11 (0.4)	16 (0.6)	3 (0.1)	1 (0.0)	1 (0.0)	2 (0.1)	47 (1.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org

Map gallery

Map including Longmu Lake (labeled as TSAGGAR TSHO) and surrounding region (AMS, 1950)^[a]

Notes

^ From map: "THE DELINEATION OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES ON THIS MAP MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED AUTHORITATIVE."

References

^ Sumin, Wang; Hongshen, Dou (1998). Lakes in China. Beijing: Science Press. p. 417. ISBN 978-7-03-006706-7.
^ Fontes, J.Ch (1993). "Table isotope and radiocarbon balances of two Tibetan lakes (Sumxi Co, Longmu Co) from 13,000 BP". Quaternary Science Reviews. 12 (10): 875–887. Bibcode:1993QSRv...12..875F. doi:10.1016/0277-3791(93)90026-I.

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[3] From map: "THE DELINEATION OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES ON THIS MAP MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED AUTHORITATIVE."

[1] Sumin, Wang; Hongshen, Dou (1998). Lakes in China. Beijing: Science Press. p. 417. ISBN 978-7-03-006706-7.

[2] Fontes, J.Ch (1993). "Table isotope and radiocarbon balances of two Tibetan lakes (Sumxi Co, Longmu Co) from 13,000 BP". Quaternary Science Reviews. 12 (10): 875–887. Bibcode:1993QSRv...12..875F. doi:10.1016/0277-3791(93)90026-I.

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