Lake Ayakkum
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Ayake Kumu, Ayakkum, Ayakum | |
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Astronaut photograph highlighting two river deltas formed along Lake Ayakkum's south-western shoreline | |
Location | Xinjiang |
Coordinates | 37°33′N 89°23′E / 37.550°N 89.383°E |
Ayakkum Lake (Chinese: 阿雅克库木湖; Uyghur: ئاياققۇم كۆلى) is a lake near the northern boundary of the Tibetan Plateau, to the southeast of the Kunlun Mountains.[1] While many of the small glacier and snowmelt-fed streams on the Plateau give rise to major South-east Asian rivers (including the Mekong and Yangtze), some empty into saline lakes such as Lake Ayakkum.[1] The lake is growing because of increased flows from small glacier- and snowmelt-fed streams.[2]
References
- ^ a b "River Deltas, Lake Ayakum, Tibet". NASA.
- ^ "Lake Ayakkum". USGS.
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