Siling Lake (; ), (also known as Qilin or Selincuo) 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 liter). I ...
in the
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ...
, 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
An alphabetical list of populated places, including cities, towns, and villages, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of western China.
A
*Alamdo
*Alhar
* Arza
*Asog
B
* Baga
*Bagar
* Baidi
*Baima
* Baimai
*Baixoi
* Bamda
*Banag
*Banbar
* Bang ...
is located near the lake. Administratively it belongs to
Xainza County
Xainza County, also Shantsa, Shentsa, (; zh, c=申扎县) 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 ...
and
Baingoin County 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 Lhas ...
.
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. 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 Qingzang Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central Asia, Central, South Asia, South, and East Asia. Geographically, it is located to the north of H ...
and forms part of the 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 (bird), crane in Asia that breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and remote parts of India and Bhutan. It is long with a wingspan, and it weighs . It is whitish-gray, with a black h ...
s and some 120 species of birds in total.
The lake only has a single species of fish, ''
Gymnocypris selincuoensis'', 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
*
Gomang Co
*
Lake Urru
References
External links
Siling Co
{{Nagqu Prefecture
Lakes of Tibet
Xainza County
Ramsar sites in China
Saline lakes of Asia