Zhari Nanmu Lake
Zhari Namco or Zhari Nanmu or Lake Trari Nam (Tibetan: བཀྲ་རི་གནམ་མཚོ, Wylie: bkra ri gnam mtsho, Chinese: 扎日南木错) is a salt lake in Tibet, China. It is bounded on the west by Coqên County of Ngari Prefecture, and on the east by Ngamring County of Shigatse Prefecture. Zhari Namco is 996.9 square kilometres (384.9 sq mi), with a drainage area of 15,433.2 square kilometres (5,958.8 sq mi), an elevation of 4,613 metres (15,135 ft), length 54.3 kilometres (33.7 mi) and mean width 18.36 kilometres (11.41 mi) (maximum width 26.2 kilometres [16.3 mi]). It is located east of Coqên Town in southern Tibet.
Map including Zhari Namco
Climate
| Climate data for Zhari Namco | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
2.2 (36.0) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.9 (58.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
13.9 (57.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
7.3 (45.1) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
6.6 (43.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.7 (14.5) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
3.1 (37.6) |
7.6 (45.7) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.3 (46.9) |
5.7 (42.3) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.7 (1.9) |
−15.2 (4.6) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
0.4 (32.7) |
2.9 (37.2) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
−7.1 (19.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13 (0.5) |
8 (0.3) |
15 (0.6) |
11 (0.4) |
8 (0.3) |
15 (0.6) |
53 (2.1) |
59 (2.3) |
24 (0.9) |
10 (0.4) |
1 (0.0) |
5 (0.2) |
222 (8.6) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Sumin, Wang; Hongshen, Dou (1998). Lakes in China. Beijing: Science Press. p. 399. ISBN 7-03-006706-1.
- ^ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
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