Ngoring Lake

Ngoring Lake (Tibetan: མཚོ་སྔོ་རིང་, Wylie: mtsho sngo ring) or Ngoreng Lake (Tibetan: མཚོ་སྔོ་རེངས, Wylie: mtsho sngo rengs) or Eling Lake (Chinese: 鄂陵湖; pinyin: èlíng Hú) is a large freshwater lake in the Yellow River catchment, in the southeast of Qinghai Province. The name of lake means "Long Blue Lake" in Tibetan language. Ngoring Lake is 610.7 km² (235.8 sq mi), with a drainage area of 18,188 km² (7,022 sq mi), an elevation of 4,268 m (14,003 ft), length 32.3 km (20.1 mi) and mean width 18.9 km (11.7 mi) (max 31.6 km (19.6 mi)).^[2] It is also the origin of the Yellow River.

Coordinates34°54′N 97°42′E

TypeFresh water lake

Primary inflowsYellow River, Lena Qu

Primary outflowsYellow River

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Ngoring Lake
Ngoring Lake
Coordinates	34°54′N 97°42′E
Type	Fresh water lake
Primary inflows	Yellow River, Lena Qu
Primary outflows	Yellow River
Catchment area	18,188 km2 (7,022 sq mi)
Basin countries	China
Max. length	32.3 km (20 mi)
Max. width	31.6 km (20 mi)
Surface area	610.7 km2 (200 sq mi)
Average depth	17.6 m (58 ft)
Max. depth	30.7 m (101 ft)
Surface elevation	4,268 m (14,003 ft)
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Eling Lake
Designated	7 December 2004
Reference no.	1436[1]

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