Ngoring Lake (Tibetan: མཚོ་སྔོ་རིང་, Wylie: mtsho sngo ring) or Ngoreng Lake (Tibetan: མཚོ་སྔོ་རེངས, Wylie: mtsho sngo rengs) or Eling Lake (Chinese: 鄂陵湖; pinyin: èlíng Hú) is a large freshwater lake in the Yellow River catchment, it is in the southeast of Qinghai Province.The name of lake means "Long Blue Lake" in Tibetan language. Ngoring Lake is 610.7 km2 (235.8 sq mi), with a drainage area of 18,188 km2 (7,022 sq mi), an elevation of 4,268 m (14,003 ft), length 32.3 km (20.1 mi) and mean width 18.9 km (11.7 mi) (max 31.6 km (19.6 mi)).[2] It is also the origin of the Yellow River.
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  Ngoring Lake | |
| Coordinates | 34°54′N 97°42′E / 34.900°N 97.700°E |
| Type | Fresh water lake |
| Primary inflows | Yellow River, Lena Qu |
| Primary outflows | Yellow River |
| Catchment area | 18,188 km2 (7,022 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | China |
| Max. length | 32.3 km (20 mi) |
| Max. width | 31.6 km (20 mi) |
| Surface area | 610.7 km2 (200 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 17.6 m (58 ft) |
| Max. depth | 30.7 m (101 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 4,268 m (14,003 ft) |
| Official name | Eling Lake |
| Designated | 7 December 2004 |
| Reference no. | 1436[1] |
References
edit- ^ "Eling Lake". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Sumin, Wang; Hongshen, Dou (1998). Lakes in China. Beijing: Science Press. p. 477. ISBN 7-03-006706-1.