Pangong Tso (Tibetan: à ½¦à ¾¤à ½âà ¼â¹Ã ½âà ½¼à ½âà ¼â¹Ã ½Ëà ½šà ½¼, Wylie: spang gong mtsho; Hindi: à ¤ªà ¤¾à ¤âà ¤âà ¥â¹Ã ¤âà ¤â à ¤¤à ¥Âà ¤¸à ¥â¹; Chinese: çÂÂÃ¥â¦Â¬Ã©ââ¢; pinyin: BÃÂngÃ
Âng Cuò), Tibetan for long, narrow, enchanted lake, also referred to as Pangong Lake, is an endorheic lake in the Himalayas situated at a height of about 4,350 m (14,270 ft). It is 134 km (83 mi) long and extends from India to Tibet. Approximately 60% of the length of the lake lies in Tibet. The lake is 5 km (3.1 mi) wide at its broadest point. All together it covers 604 km2. During winter the lake freezes completely, despite being saline water. It is not part of Indus river basin area and geographically a separate land locked river basin
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