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| Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia, 1899-1902 : vol.4 |
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Citation Information
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OkOGRAPHY OF CENTRAL TIBET.
Lake IX 4946 m.
XV 4896
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XVI 4940 • XVIII 4920XIX ....... . . . .• 4810XX 4616
Hedin, 19oo :
Lake of Camp XXIV 5028 M.
»Camps XXX -- XXXIII • 4766 »
» Camp Aug. 25 4790
» » XXXV 4847 "
» Camps XXXVII—XLII . 4848 »
» Camp L 4890 »
» » » LV 4804 »
Small Lakes of Sept. 27 4 »
Lake of Camp LXI 4948 »
Hedin, 1901:
Lake of July 2
5172 m.
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| » » » II | 4 923 4952 | " |
| » » Camp XLVI | 4972 | " |
| Tso-nak | 4716 |
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| Selling-tso | 4611 | » |
| Naktsong-tso | 4636 | » |
| Tschargut-tso | 4617 |
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| Addan-tso | 4617 |
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| Dagtse-tso | 4544 | » |
| I_akor-tso | 4600 | » |
| Small Lake | 4572 | " |
| Lake of October 24 | 4785 | » |
Of these sixty-three lakes almost all are salt. The last five are excluded from the calculations given below, because they beldng neither to eastern nor to western Tibet, but to the intermediate region. Consequently we have fifty-eight lakes in eastern Tibet to be compared with thirty-seven in western Tibet. One special feature in the last-named group is that one or two of the lakes occur twice; but as our present object is to ascertain the mean altitude of the lakes, that is to say of the depressions on the plateau-base, I have deemed it expedient to let those lakes stand twice, for the reason that there exist very considerable differences between the data of the different travellers. The Mangtsa-tso, for example, lies according to Bower at an altitude of 5042 m., but according to Deasy at 5168 m. According to
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