Tibet Memory (29) Yang Zhuo Yongcuo (Yanghu)

Yangzhuo Yongcuo, referred to as Yanghu for short, means "Jasper Lake in the pastoral area above". Located in Langkazi County, Shannan City, Tibet, more than 70 kilometers southwest of Lhasa City, with an area of 678 square kilometers and an altitude of 44 1 meter. Together with Namco and Mabian Yongcuo, it is called the three holy lakes in Tibet and the largest inland lake at the northern foot of the Himalayas. The beauty of lakes and mountains is the first in southern Tibet. From Lhasa to Yanghu, you need to cross the Gambala Pass, which is 5030 meters long and surrounded by mountains. The elevation of the lake is 444 1 m, the east-west length is 130 km, the north-south length is 70 km, the total coastline is 250 km, and the total area is 638 square kilometers. The water is 20-40 meters deep and the deepest is 60 meters.

Panshan Highway winds up along gambara Mountain, which is rugged and has many bends. Along the way, many Tibetans took Tibetan mastiffs, yaks and lambs for people to take pictures, and also sold some small objects with national characteristics such as spikes. White Tibetan mastiff and yak are rare and precious.

At the foot of Gambala Mountain is the famous Yarlung Zangbo River. The observation deck of Yajiang Valley is 4280 meters above sea level, overlooking the scenery of the valley, with a wide river surface and pleasant scenery.

Yang Zhuo Yongcuo has beautiful scenery. According to folklore, the lake was created by fairy girls in the sky. The clear blue lake reflects the beautiful images of the surrounding peaks. The lakes and mountains are beautiful, and there are herds of cattle, sheep, donkeys and horses by the lake. No wonder a folk song praised Yang Zhuoyong CuO in this way: "The fairy mirror in the sky is hard to compare with the lawn on the ground and the cattle and sheep on the lake, just like the stars on that day."

It is a plateau dammed lake, which was formed about 1 100 million years ago because the glacier debris flow blocked the river. The water area is more than 630 square kilometers, which is about 70 times that of Hangzhou West Lake. Its shape is very irregular, with many bifurcations and winding lakeshore, and there are three small lakes: hole fault, sinking fault and error correction. Historically, it used to be an outflow lake, and the above lakes were connected as a whole. The lake flowed into the Yarlung Zangbo River from Moqu, but later, due to the retreat of the lake, it became an inflow lake and was divided into several small lakes. The height difference between lakes is only 6.5 meters, and the mountains in the lake suddenly increase, with 2 1 island. One of the wonders of this lake is that its water source comes from the surrounding snow-capped mountains, but there is no outlet. The melting of snow water and the evaporation of lake water reach a dynamic balance.