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Mapam, Lake

Chinese Mapam Yumco or Ma-fa-mu-ts'o conventional Manasarowar

Lake in the Himalayas, southwestern Tibet, China. Lying nearly 15,000 ft (4,570 m) above sea level, it is generally recognized as the highest body of fresh water in the world. It is prominent in Hindu mythology and is one of the most sacred places of pilgrimage for Hindus.

Manasarowar

Manam Tso, a lake on the Plateau of Tibet, in southwestern China. Area, about 520 sq km; maximum depth, 82 m. It lies at an elevation of 4,557 m in an intermontane valley that is bordered on the south by the Greater Himalayas and on the north by the Kailas Range. In years with heavy precipitation the lake is drained by a short (10 km) stream into Lake Langak (in the Satlaj River basin). There are hot springs and sites of religious pilgrimages near Manasarowar.

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