Lake Ayakum
Ayake Kumuhu Lake, Ayakum Lake | |
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Astronaut photograph highlighting two river deltas formed along Lake Ayakum's south-western shoreline | |
![]() ![]() Ayake Kumuhu Lake, Ayakum Lake | |
Location | Xinjiang |
Coordinates | 37°33′N 89°23′E / 37.550°N 89.383°ECoordinates: 37°33′N 89°23′E / 37.550°N 89.383°E |
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Lake Ayakum
Ayakum Lake 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 Ayakum.[1]
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Map including Lake Ayakum
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Map including Lake Ayakum (labeled as A-ya-k'o-k'u-mu-k'u-le) from the International Map of the World (1975)
References[]
- ^ a b "River Deltas, Lake Ayakum, Tibet". NASA.
Categories:
- Lakes of Xinjiang