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Longmu Lake
Lungmu (Tibetan: ལུང་མུ་མཚོ, Wylie: lung mu mtsho; Chinese: 龙木错; pinyin: Lóngmù Cuò), also Longmu, Longmu Co or Longmucuo, is a glacial lake in Rutog County in the Ngari Prefecture in the northwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It was explored in 1989 in a Sino-French expedition to western Tibet.

Climate

Climate data for Longmu Lake
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −12.4
(9.7) 		−10.3
(13.5) 		−5.5
(22.1) 		0.8
(33.4) 		5.7
(42.3) 		11.6
(52.9) 		15.4
(59.7) 		14.9
(58.8) 		10.4
(50.7) 		2.6
(36.7) 		−4.3
(24.3) 		−9.5
(14.9) 		1.6
(34.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) −19.4
(−2.9) 		−16.9
(1.6) 		−11.9
(10.6) 		−5.9
(21.4) 		−1.5
(29.3) 		4.1
(39.4) 		8.1
(46.6) 		7.8
(46.0) 		2.8
(37.0) 		−5.3
(22.5) 		−12.1
(10.2) 		−17.0
(1.4) 		−5.6
(21.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −26.3
(−15.3) 		−23.5
(−10.3) 		−18.2
(−0.8) 		−12.6
(9.3) 		−8.6
(16.5) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		0.9
(33.6) 		0.7
(33.3) 		−4.7
(23.5) 		−13.2
(8.2) 		−19.8
(−3.6) 		−24.4
(−11.9) 		−12.7
(9.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1
(0.0) 		1
(0.0) 		1
(0.0) 		2
(0.1) 		4
(0.2) 		4
(0.2) 		11
(0.4) 		16
(0.6) 		3
(0.1) 		1
(0.0) 		1
(0.0) 		2
(0.1) 		47
(1.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org
Map including Longmu Lake (labeled as TSAGGAR TSHO) and surrounding region (AMS, 1950)

Notes

  1. ^ From map: "THE DELINEATION OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES ON THIS MAP MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED AUTHORITATIVE."

References

  1. ^ Sumin, Wang; Hongshen, Dou (1998). Lakes in China. Beijing: Science Press. p. 417. ISBN 978-7-03-006706-7.
  2. ^ Fontes, J.Ch (1993). "Table isotope and radiocarbon balances of two Tibetan lakes (Sumxi Co, Longmu Co) from 13,000 BP". Quaternary Science Reviews. 12 (10): 875–887. Bibcode:1993QSRv...12..875F. doi:10.1016/0277-3791(93)90026-I.


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