Darebu Cuo or Darab Co (Chinese: 达热布错; pinyin: darebu cuò) or Tarap Tso (Tibetan: རྟ་རབས་མཚོ།, Wylie: rta rabs mtsho, THL: Tarap Tso) or Darebu Lake is a high-altitude alpine lake in Tibet, China.[1]
| Darebu Cuo | |
|---|---|
| Tarap Tso | |
| རྟ་རབས་མཚོ། (Standard Tibetan) | |
 Sentinel-2 image (2022) | |
  Darebu Cuo | |
| Location | Gêrzê County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, China |
| Coordinates | 32°29′41″N 83°12′56″E / 32.49472°N 83.21556°E |
| Surface area | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) |
| Surface elevation | 4,436 m (14,554 ft) |
| Frozen | Winter |
Location
editThe lake is located at 4,436 m (14,554 ft) in Gêrzê County in Ngari Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region and it covers an area of 21 square km.[2]
China National Highway 317 passes through the south bank of the lake. And just below that road, another small alpine lake Oma Tso is located.[citation needed]
Flora and fauna
editIn 2015, scientists from the Chinese Academy of Forestry found that the lake's ecosystem hosts seven species and has a diversity index of 2.1.[3] The most prominent species of the ecosystem is Bar-headed Goose.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ^ "Tarap Tso". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ^ a b Guo-gang, Zhang; Dong-ping, Liu; Hong-xing, Jiang; Ke-jia, Zhang; Huai-dong, Zhao; Ai-li, Kang; Hai-tang, Liang; Fa-wen, Qian (2015). "Abundance and Conservation of Waterbirds Breeding on the Changtang Plateau, Tibet Autonomous Region, China". Waterbirds: The International Journal of Waterbird Biology. 38 (1): 19–29. doi:10.1675/063.038.0104. ISSN 1524-4695. JSTOR 24641100. S2CID 85965007.
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