Lake Yamzho Yumco!

In Nagarze County in Shannan Prefecture, the lake is 4,400m above sea level. It covers an area of 800square kilometers and is 30-40m deep. Yamzho means upper pasture and Yum means green jade in Tibetan. In a bird's-eye view, the lake is like a big piece of sapphire inlaid in the mountains and is very beautiful.

The lake is rich in hydropower resources. Its surface is more than 800m higher than the Yarlung Zangbo River at the foot of the mountain. Also here stands the Yamzho Yumco Power Station well known for its high elevation in the world. To its south stands the magnificent Samding Monastery where Doje Pamo, the only woman living Buddha in Tibet, stayed and presided.

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