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0261 Southern Tibet : vol.2
Southern Tibet : vol.2 / Page 261 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000263
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In the year 1909 abundant rains occurred in Western Tibet, and water began
to flow through the channel from the Manasarovar to the Rakas-tal.
The rains were still stronger in 1910, and a rushing stream flowed down
through the channel.
In June and July 1911 there was no water in the channel, but in the autumn
of the same year water was running from Manasasovar to Rakas-tal. In 1912 and
1913 the channel remained dry. From 1909 to 1911 there was no water flowing
out of the Rakas-tal.
In the following table I have brought together the above-mentioned material;
+ signifies outflow; — no outflow:

Year. From the Manasarovar. From the Rakas-tal.
? 1590 . . . . . . . . +
? 1625 . . . . . . . . + +
1711 . . . . . . . . + +
1715 . . . . . . . . + +
1717 . . . . . . . . + +
? 1762 . . . . . . . . + +
1760—65 . . . . . . . + +
1770 . . . . . . . . + ?
1770—80 . . . . . . . + ?
1796 . . . . . . . . + ?
1798 . . . . . . . . + —
1804 . . . . . . . . + —
1812 . . . . . . . . — —
1816 . . . . . . . . — —
1817—18 . . . . . . . + ?
1819 . . . . . . . . + ?
? 1843 . . . . . . . . — —
1846 . . . . . . . . + —
1848 . . . . . . . . + —
1849 . . . . . . . . + —
1865 . . . . . . . . — —
1868 . . . . . . . . — —
1900 . . . . . . . . — —
1904 . . . . . . . . ? —
1905 . . . . . . . . — —
1907 . . . . . . . . — —
1908 . . . . . . . . — —
1909 . . . . . . . . + —
1910 . . . . . . . . + —
1911 . . . . . . . . + —
1912 . . . . . . . . — —
1913 . . . . . . . . — —

A glance at this list is sufficient to show how meagre the material is. All the
information before 1812 dates from natives, except in 1765, and only from the last