Gyaring Lake
Gyaring Lake (Tibetan: མཚོ་སྐྱ་རིང་, Wylie: mtsho skya ring) or Zhaling Lake (Chinese: 扎陵湖; pinyin: Zhālíng Hú) is a large freshwater lake in the Yellow River catchment in China, it is in the southeast of Qinghai Province, on the border between Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The lake's Tibetan name means "Long Gray Lake". Gyaring Lake is 526 km², with a drainage area of 8161 km², an elevation of 4292 m, a length of 35 km and a mean width of 15 km (max 21.6 km).
Map including Gyaring Hu
Climate
| Climate data for Gyaring Lake | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −7.4 (18.7) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
14.1 (57.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
9.9 (49.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
3.8 (38.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.3 (4.5) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
2.3 (36.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−14.3 (6.3) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −23.2 (−9.8) |
−20.3 (−4.5) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−22.6 (−8.7) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4 (0.2) |
5 (0.2) |
8 (0.3) |
12 (0.5) |
30 (1.2) |
62 (2.4) |
73 (2.9) |
63 (2.5) |
48 (1.9) |
18 (0.7) |
4 (0.2) |
3 (0.1) |
330 (13.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org | |||||||||||||