Palung Lake

Palung Tso lies on the northern flank of the Gangdise mountains in western Tibet. A saline lake more than 5,000 metres above sea level, it receives much of its water from streams fed by melting snow and ice. The Gong'a Tsangpo enters from the east and the Yaqu Tsangpo from the south. Ancient shorelines around the basin show that the lake once extended much farther across this cold highland landscape.