Lake Paiku


Lake Paiku is a lake at elevation on the Tibetan Plateau at, south of the Yarlung Tsangpo River. The lake is long and wide at its narrowest. It is surrounded by mountains reaching. Streams fed by glaciers cascade to the valley floor, but most sink into alluvial deposits before reaching the lake.
The surrounding catchment is an endorheic basin with no outlet. It would overflow into the Yarlung Tsangpo with a water level about higher. The lake's brackish water is evidence that it has not overflowed in hundreds if not thousands of years.

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