Bangecuo

Bangecuo (also spelled as Bangor Co, Tibetan: བྲང་ཁོག་མཚོ, Wylie: brang khog mtsho, ZYPY: Drangkhok Tso; Chinese: 班戈错; pinyin: Bāngēcuò) is a graben basin salt lake[1][2] on the Tibetan Plateau in Xainza County within Nagqu in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Bangor Co
Sentinel-2 image (2021)
Bangor Co is located in Tibet
Bangor Co
Bangor Co
LocationXainza County, Nagqu, Tibet, China
Coordinates31°44′16.5″N 89°28′35.8″E

It was reported in 2003 that the water levels of Siling Lake and Bangecuo had increased by 19.34% since 1969.[3]

Siling Lake is another nearby salt lake located west of Bangecuo,[4] around four miles away.

See also

References
  1. Meng, Kai and Shi, Xuhua and Wang, Erchie (February 2011). "High-altitude salt lake elevation changes and glacial ablation in Central Tibet, 2000–2010". Chinese Science Bulletin. 57 (5): 525–534. doi:10.1007/s11434-011-4849-5. S2CID 53638685.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Wang, Can; Wang, Hailei; Song, Gao; Zheng, Mianping (February 2019). "Grain size of surface sediments in Selin Co (central Tibet) linked to water depth and offshore distance". Journal of Paleolimnology. 61(2):1-13. DOI:10.1007/s10933-018-0054-8
  3. Yong, Qu. "Shelincuo and Bangecuo extensional lake basins in the northern pa rt of Tibet and present chasmic activities". Semantic Scholar. S2CID 131135903. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  4. Doin, Marie-Pierre; Twardzik, Cédric; Ducret, Gabriel; Lasserre, Cécile; Guillaso, Stéphane; Jianbao, Sun (2015). "InSAR measurement of the deformation around Siling Co Lake: Inferences on the lower crust viscosity in central Tibet". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. American Geophysical Union (AGU). 120 (7): 5290–5310. Bibcode:2015JGRB..120.5290D. doi:10.1002/2014jb011768. ISSN 2169-9313. S2CID 128466292.

Further reading
  • Lv, P., Qu, Y. G., Li, W. Q., & Wang, H. S. (2003). "Shelincuo and Bangecuo extensional lake basins in the northern part of Tibet and present chasmic activities." Jilin Geol, 22, 15–19.


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