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Tarina Tsho (''Tsho:'' lake) is one of the lakes of
Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...
that is a major contributor to
GLOF A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) is a type of outburst flood caused by the failure of a dam containing a glacial lake. An event similar to a GLOF, where a body of water contained by a glacier melts or overflows the glacier, is called a jö ...
danger in the country. It was the source of the 1983 GLOF that destroyed part of
Punakha Dzong The Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungthang Dewa chhenbi Phodrang (meaning "the palace of great happiness or bliss"), is the administrative centre of Punakha District in Punakha, Bhutan. Constructed by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, in ...
.{{Cite journal, last=Wangdi, first=Rinzin, last2=Windischgraetz, first2=Michaela, date=2019, title=The Black-Slate Edict of Punakha Dzong, url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3537406, journal=SSRN Electronic Journal, doi=10.2139/ssrn.3537406, issn=1556-5068


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Lakes of Bhutan