Rinchen Lake

Rinchen Shubtso is a salt lake of the western Tibetan plateau, south of Ngangla Ring Tso. Its waters lie at about 4,760 metres above sea level in a basin north of the Gangdise mountains. Meltwater from the surrounding highlands supplies this inland lake system, while ancient shorelines preserve evidence of much larger lakes in the distant past. The two neighbouring basins belong to a landscape of cold, sparsely vegetated uplands and enclosed waters.