Guozha Lake

Guozha Lake
Guozha Lake
Kotra Tso
	Guozha Lake viewed from space
	Guozha Lake
Location	Rutog County, Tibet, China
Coordinates	35°1′53″N 81°5′11″E / 35.03139°N 81.08639°E
Basin countries	China
Max. length	30.4 km (19 mi)
Max. width	11.6 km (7 mi)
Surface area	252.6 km2 (100 sq mi)
Max. depth	81.9 m (269 ft)
Shore length1	104 km (65 mi)
Surface elevation	5,080 m (16,667 ft)
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Kotra Tso (Tibetan: ཀོ་བཀྲ་མཚ, Wylie: ko bkra mtsha, THL: ko tra tsa),^[1] or Guozha Lake (Chinese: 郭扎错; pinyin: Guō zhā cuò),^[a] previously called Lake Lighten,^[2]^[b] is a glacial lake in Rutog County in the Ngari Prefecture in the northwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies in the western Kunlun Mountains to the northwest of Bangda Lake,^[4] not far from the regional border with Xinjiang.^[5] Located at an altitude of 5080 metres, it covers an area of 244 square kilometres with a maximum depth of 81.9 metres and has a drainage basin containing 62 glaciers.^[6]

India's claim line in Aksai Chin runs along the water-parting line of Lake Lighten and the Amtogor Lake to the west.^[3] However, China has claimed the whole of Aksai Chin in 1959.

Maps[edit]

Map including Lake Lighten and surrounding region (AMS, 1950)^[c]
Map including LI-T'IEN HU (Lake Lighten)) (DMA, 1973)

Notes[edit]

^ Alternative spellings include Gozha Co, Gozha Tso or Guozhacuo.
^ The Indian Government documents spell the name as Lake Leighten.^[3]
^ From map: "THE DELINEATION OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES ON THIS MAP MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED AUTHORITATIVE."

References[edit]

^ Lake Kotra, kmaps.virginia.edu, retrieved 2021-07-03.
^ Michael Ward. The Kun Lun Shan: Desert Peaks of Central Asia, The Alpine Journal (1989-90), p. 90.
^ ^a ^b Lamb, Alastair (1973), The Sino-Indian Border in Ladakh (PDF), Australian National University Press, p. 10
^ Ehlers, Jürgen; Gibbard, Philip Leonard (15 July 2004). Quaternary Glaciations: South America, Asia, Africa, Australasia, Antarctica. Elsevier. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-444-51593-3. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
^ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
^ Chaohai, Liu; Shijie, Li; Yafeng, Shi (2017). "Glacial and lake fluctuations in the area of the west Kunlun mountains during the last 45 000 years" (PDF). Annals of Glaciology. 16. Table 1. doi:10.3189/1992AoG16-1-79-84. ISSN 0260-3055.

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[2] Alternative spellings include Gozha Co, Gozha Tso or Guozhacuo.

[5] The Indian Government documents spell the name as Lake Leighten.^[3]

[9] From map: "THE DELINEATION OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES ON THIS MAP MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED AUTHORITATIVE."

[1] Lake Kotra, kmaps.virginia.edu, retrieved 2021-07-03.

[3] Michael Ward. The Kun Lun Shan: Desert Peaks of Central Asia, The Alpine Journal (1989-90), p. 90.

[Lamb-4] Lamb, Alastair (1973), The Sino-Indian Border in Ladakh (PDF), Australian National University Press, p. 10

[EhlersGibbard2004-6] Ehlers, Jürgen; Gibbard, Philip Leonard (15 July 2004). Quaternary Glaciations: South America, Asia, Africa, Australasia, Antarctica. Elsevier. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-444-51593-3. Retrieved 9 April 2012.

[GM-7] Maps (Map). Google Maps.

[ChaohaiShijie2017-8] Chaohai, Liu; Shijie, Li; Yafeng, Shi (2017). "Glacial and lake fluctuations in the area of the west Kunlun mountains during the last 45 000 years" (PDF). Annals of Glaciology. 16. Table 1. doi:10.3189/1992AoG16-1-79-84. ISSN 0260-3055.

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v t e Ngari Prefecture, Tibet
County-level divisions	Burang Coqên Gar Rutog Gê'gyai Gêrzê Zanda
Towns and villages	Alhar Ali Asog Burang Camco Coqên Dêmqog Dêrub Gongqên Gormain Gyungcang Jaggang Langmar Minsar Rayü Risong Rutog Shiquanhe Tholing Tsaparang Wüjang Zoco
Geography	Bangda Lake Bangong Co Dawa Lake Guozha Lake Longmu Lake Lumajangdong Lake Orba Co Tong Tso Zhari Nanmu Lake
Landmarks	Tholing Monastery