Tangra Yumco

Salt lake in Tibet

31°00′N 86°34′E / 31.000°N 86.567°E / 31.000; 86.567TypeEndorheic, Saline, Permanent, NaturalPrimary inflowsDaguo Zangbu, Buzhai ZangbuCatchment area8,219.7 km² (3,173.6 sq mi)Basin countriesChinaMax. length71.7 km (45 mi)Max. width19.4 km (12 mi)Surface area835.8 km² (300 sq mi)Surface elevation4,528 m (14,856 ft)

Tangra Yumco (Tibetan: དྭངས་རྭ་གཡུ་མཚོ, Wylie: dwangs rwa g.yu mtsho, Chinese: 当惹雍错; pinyin: dāng rě yōng cuò) is a salt lake in Tibet, China. It is in the southwest of Nyima County. Tangra Yumco is 835.8 square kilometres (322.7 sq mi), with a drainage area of 8,219.7 square kilometres (3,173.6 sq mi), an elevation of 4,528 metres (14,856 ft), length 71.7 kilometres (44.6 mi) and mean width 11.65 kilometres (7.24 mi) (maximum width 19.4 metres [64 ft]).^[1] It is the holy lake of the Bön believers.

Climate

Climate data for Tangra Yumco
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−2.3 (27.9)	−0.6 (30.9)	2.3 (36.1)	6.8 (44.2)	10.9 (51.6)	15.6 (60.1)	15.4 (59.7)	14.3 (57.7)	12.5 (54.5)	7.5 (45.5)	1.8 (35.2)	−0.8 (30.6)	7.0 (44.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−10.3 (13.5)	−8.4 (16.9)	−5.0 (23.0)	−0.7 (30.7)	3.3 (37.9)	8.2 (46.8)	9.4 (48.9)	8.7 (47.7)	6.2 (43.2)	0.1 (32.2)	−5.8 (21.6)	−8.9 (16.0)	−0.3 (31.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−18.2 (−0.8)	−16.2 (2.8)	−12.3 (9.9)	−8.2 (17.2)	−4.3 (24.3)	0.9 (33.6)	3.4 (38.1)	3.1 (37.6)	0.0 (32.0)	−7.2 (19.0)	−13.4 (7.9)	−16.9 (1.6)	−7.4 (18.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	4 (0.2)	3 (0.1)	5 (0.2)	5 (0.2)	7 (0.3)	21 (0.8)	66 (2.6)	72 (2.8)	27 (1.1)	7 (0.3)	1 (0.0)	3 (0.1)	221 (8.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org