Siling Lake (Tibetan: སེར་གླིང་མཚོ, Wylie: ser gling mtsho, ZYPY: Sêling Co; Chinese: 色林错; pinyin: Sèlín cuò), (also known as Qilin or Selincuo) is a salt lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China to the north of Xainza. Doijiang is located near the lake.

Feb 4, 2023 · While orbiting over the northern Tibetan Plateau, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this photograph of Siling Lake. The lake, also called Selincuo, is one of the largest water bodies on the Tibetan Plateau.

Siling Lake is on the south of Qiangtang Plateau, with an elevation of 4,530 meters. It is 72 kilometers long from west to east, and 22.8 kilometers wide on average.

Jul 20, 2019 · Serling Tso Lake is on the south of the Qiangtang Plateau, which is the name for the northern Tibet Plateau in southwestern China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Its area is 1,640 square kilometers and it is both the largest lake in Tibet and the second-biggest saltwater lake in …

Sep 12, 2024 · Siling Lake is the second largest saltwater lake in Tibet. At an elevation of around 4,530 meters, this saline lake is fed by two freshwater streams, the Tsagya Tsangpo and the Boques Tsangpo, yet remains a saline lake with very bitter waters.

Siling Lake (Tibetan: སེར་གླིང་མཚོ, Wylie: ser gling mtsho, ZYPY: Sêling Co; Chinese: 色林错; pinyin: Sèlín cuò), (also known as Qilin or Selincuo) is a salt lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China to the north of Xainza. Doijiang is located near the lake.

According to Chinese scientists, the Siling Tso of Tibet should be the highest lake in the world. Located in Zhongba County, the lake lies at an altitude of 4530 meters. It is a salt lake and also considered to be the second largest lake in Tibet (the first one is Namtso Lake).

Jan 23, 2025 · Siling Lake ranks as the second-highest salt lake in Tibet. It is an integral part of the 400,000 – hectare Siling Co National Reserve, which was founded back in 1993. This area serves as the exclusive habitat for numerous precious bird species, fish, and a substantial number of black-necked cranes.

Jan 26, 2024 · Today’s Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features Siling Lake, which is one of the largest water bodies on the Tibetan Plateau. The photo was captured by an astronaut omboard the International Space Station while …

Mar 14, 2023 · Located in the Nagqu Prefecture, Siling Lake is near Doijiang and belongs to Zinza County and Baingoin County. It has an altitude of 4,530 meters and is fed by Boques Tsangpo and Tsagya Tsangpo.