Siling Lake (; ), (also known as Qilin) is a
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in the
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a Provinces of China, province-level Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China in Southwest China. I ...
, China to the north of
Xainza :''not to be confused with Naktsang Town in the Haa District of southwestern Bhutan''
Xainza (also Naktsang,Dorje (2009), p. 397. Xainza Town or Shantsa) is a town and township-level administrative unit and seat of Shentsa County or Xainza County ...
.
Doijiang
This is an alphabetical list of all populated places, including cities, towns and villages, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of western China.
A
*Alamdo
*Alhar
*Arza
*Asog
B
*Baga, Tibet, Baga
*Bagar
*Baidi, Nagarzê County, Baidi
*Baima
* ...
is located near the lake. Administratively it belongs to
Xainza County
Xainza County, also Shantsa, Shentsa, (; ) is a county within Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. In 1999 the county had a population of 16,190.
Geography
The capital lies at Naktsang Town or Xainza. The county covers an area of . Un ...
and
Baingoin County
Baingoin County (; ) is a county within Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
County got the name from the lake Drang-khog () which is in center of county. County lies between lakes Namtso and Siling.
The county is divided into ten towns and ...
of the
Nagqu
Nagqu (also Naqu, Nakchu, or Nagchu; ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet. On May 7, 2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declared the sixth prefecture-level city in Tibet after Lhasa, ...
.
Bangecuo is another nearby salt lake
located east of Siling Lake,
around four miles away.
Overview
The lake lies at an altitude of . It is a
salt lake
A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre). ...
. It is fed by the rivers
Za'gya Zangbo (or Tsagya Tsangpo) (扎加藏布) and the Boques Tsangpo (波曲藏布).
With an area of , Siling Co is the second largest saltwater lake in the northern
Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau (, also known as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau or the Qing–Zang Plateau () or as the Himalayan Plateau in India, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South and East Asia covering most of the Ti ...
and forms part of the
Siling Co National Nature Reserve
Siling Lake (; ), (also known as Qilin) is a lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China to the north of Xainza. Doijiang is located near the lake. Administratively it belongs to Xainza County and Baingoin County of the Nagqu.
Bangecuo is anoth ...
(also Selincuo Reserve or Xainza Nature Reserve). The reserve was established in 1993 and contains significant populations of
black-necked crane
The black-necked Crane (''Grus nigricollis'') is a medium-sized crane in Asia that breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and remote parts of India and Bhutan. It is 139 cm (55 in) long with a 235 cm (7.8 ft) wingspan, and it weighs ...
s and some 120 species of birds in total.
The lake only has a single species of fish, ''
Gymnocypris selincuoensis
''Gymnocypris'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to China.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Gymnocypris chilianensis'' S. C. Li & S. Y. Chang, 1974
* ''Gymnocypris chui'' T. L. Tchang, T ...
'', exploited by fishermen. The prairie on the banks of the lake is traditionally used as grazing land for yaks and sheep.
The temperature at the lake is an annual average of , the maximum annual temperature . The average rainfall is per year, 90 percent of which falls in the months of June to September, often in the summer as hail.
Climate
See also
*
Bangecuo
*
Dazecuo
Dazecuo (, also known as Dagze Lake) is one of many inland lakes in Tibet. It is a salt lake on the Tibetan PlateauQin, Huayu; Wang, Shang; Feng, Kai; He, Zhili (May 2019)"Unraveling the diversity of sedimentary sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (SRP) ...
*
Gomang Co
Gomang Co (Also spelled as Guomang Cuo and Guomangcuo) is a mountain graben basin lake on the Tibetan Plateau in Xainza County within Nagqu in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Gomang Co has a Köppen climate classification of existing in a ...
*
Lake Urru
Urru Lake (; )is a plateau lake in Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest of China, located between Nyima County and Xainza County. The lake, which is part of the Siling Lake drainage system, is fed by several rivers and drains east ...
References
External links
Siling Co
{{Nagqu Prefecture
Lakes of Tibet
Xainza County
Ramsar sites in China
Saline lakes of Asia