Jiesa Lake

Jiesa Lake
Sentinel-2 image (2021)
Jiesa Lake
Location	Coqên County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Coordinates	30°13′34″N 84°47′32″E
Lake type	Freshwater lake
Catchment area	946 km^2 (400 sq mi)
Basin countries	China
Max. length	32.1 km (20 mi)
Max. width	7.2 km (4 mi)
Surface area	146.4 km^2 (100 sq mi)
Surface elevation	5,201 m (17,064 ft)
References	[1]

Jiesa Lake (Chinese: 杰萨错; pinyin: Jiésà Cuò) or Gyesar Tso (Tibetan: སྒྱེ་གསར་མཚོ, Wylie: sgye gsar mtsho, ZYPY: Gyesar Tso) is a lake in Coqên County in the Ngari Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Location

It is located southwest of Coqên Town.^[2] Fed by 27 small streams, it is 32.1 km long and 7.2 km wide and has an area of 146.4 square km.^[1]

References

1. Sumin, Wang; Hongshen, Dou (1998). Lakes in China. Beijing: Science Press. p. 410. ISBN 7-03-006706-1.
2. Maps (Map). Google Maps.