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Lake Manasarovar
Burang, Ngari, China Phone: Not AvailableAbout
Lake Manasarovar is a freshwater lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region , China 940 kilometres (580 mi) from Lhasa . To the west of it is Lake Rakshastal ; to the north is Mount Kailash . Lake Manasarovar lies at 4,590 metres (15,060 ft) above mean sea level, a relatively high elevation for a large freshwater lake on the mostly saline lake-studded Tibetan Plateau . Lake Manas Sarovar overflows in to lake Rakshastal which is a salt water endorheic lake . These lakes used to be part of Sutlej River basin and got separated due to tectonic activity. Lake Manas Sarovar can be connected to the Ganga River basin through a fifteen km long tunnel to divert its water for easy availability to Hindus of India who considers its water as sacred.
