Zigetangcuo Lake ( zh, 兹格塘错) is a crenogenic
meromictic lake
A meromictic lake is a lake which has layers of water that do not intermix. In ordinary, holomictic lakes, at least once each year, there is a physical mixing of the surface and the deep waters.
The term ''meromictic'' was coined by the Austri ...
in the North
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 ...
. It is located in
Nagqu Prefecture, north of
Dongqiao. It has an area of 187 square kilometers
at an altitude of 4560 meters.
It is the meromictic lake with the highest known altitude.
References
Lakes of Tibet
Nagqu
Meromictic lakes
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