Nam Co (Nam Tso; Tengri Nor) Salt lake, Baingoin (Bange) Co., Nagchu (Naqu) Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China

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The biggest salt lake of Tibet. Located about 120 km NW of Lhasa, 15,186 ft. (4629 m) above sea level. Its area approximates 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km) and straddles the boundary of Damxung and Baingoin counties. Both the Tibetan name, "Nam Co", and the Mongolian name, "Tengri Nor", translate to "Heavenly Lake".

A large saline lake and associated saline and brackish marshes on the southeastern edge of the Qiangtang. The lake is fed by streams from the Nyainqentanghla Shan to the south. The lake was formerly much larger in size, and is now in the process of drying out.

References:
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 340.
- Williams, W.D. (1991): Chinese and Mongolian saline lakes: a limnological overview. Hydrobiologia 210(1/2), 39-66.
- Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Qinglong You, Qianggong Zhang, and Junbo Wang (2008): Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Holocene lacustrine sediments in Nam Co, Tibet. Quaternary International 187, 105-116.

- http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/wetlands/pdf/China2.pdf

Map Reference: 30°45'N , 90°30'E

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Mineral List:

Borax

] · 10H

Reference:

[Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 340.]

Calcite

CaCO

Reference:

[Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Qinglong You, Qianggong Zhang, and Junbo Wang (2008): Quaternary International 187, 105-116.]

'Chlorite Group'

Reference:

[Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Qinglong You, Qianggong Zhang, and Junbo Wang (2008): Quaternary International 187, 105-116.]

Dolomite

CaMg(CO

)

Reference:

[Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Qinglong You, Qianggong Zhang, and Junbo Wang (2008): Quaternary International 187, 105-116.]

Illite

0.65

2.0

[][Al

0.65

Si,

3.35

](OH)

Reference:

[Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Qinglong You, Qianggong Zhang, and Junbo Wang (2008): Quaternary International 187, 105-116.]

Monohydrocalcite

CaCO

·H

Reference:

[Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Qinglong You, Qianggong Zhang, and Junbo Wang (2008): Quaternary International 187, 105-116.]

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