Namtso Lake

Situated at an elevation of 4718 measures, Namtso Lake is considered as the highest large lake on the globe, and moreover, it is the second biggest  salt lake in China. If you travel to Tibet, this is a must-see attraction.

With a complete place of more than 1,920 rectangle miles, Namtso Lake  is 70 miles lengthy from eastern to western and 30 miles extensive from southern to northern. The water is 33 measures strong with a number of 76.8 billion dollars cubic measures.

Namtso straddles two areas in Tibet, Baingoin Nation in Nagchu prefecture and Damshung county in Lhasa prefecture, and is about 100 miles away from Lhasa. On the southern part, it is the eastern place of the popular sustain, Nyanqêntanglha.

"Namtso" in Tibetan has the significance of "Holy Lake". There are another two popular sacred ponds in Tibet, Pond Manasarovar and Yamdrok Pond. There are four monasteries on four factors of the Namtso lake, Tashiduopoche Monastery in the eastern, Guerqiongpema Monastery in the southern, Duoga Monastery in the western and Tsatuo Monastery in the northern, which take a position for Buddhism's unpleasure, rage, right and energy respectively.

If the individual wants to enhance up storage and clean away dirt, he could pat his go with the river water. Though visitors appreciate the organic elegance, they quickly experience from the elevation illness. Local plumber to check out Namtso Pond is from July to Sept, otherwise it can not be available because of the hefty snowfall on Oct or Nov.