Phoksundo Lake
Phoksundo Lake is an alpine fresh water oligotrophic lake in Nepal's Shey Phoksundo National Park, located at an elevation of 3,611.5 m in… Lees meer…
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Phoksundo Lake is an alpine fresh water oligotrophic lake in Nepal's Shey Phoksundo National Park, located at an elevation of 3,611.5 m in the Dolpa District. Phoksundo Lake is 494 ha in size with a water volume of 409,000,000 m3 and a discharge of 3.715 m3/s. In 2004, a survey by the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology measured the maximum depth of the lake at 145 m. In 2019, another detailed survey was carried out by the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, which measured the maximum depth of the lake at 136.20 m.In September 2007, Phoksundo Lake has been designated a Ramsar site.On the lake' southern end, the village of Ringmo sits on the 30,000- to 40,000-year-old landslide dam that formed the lake. Past the dam, the waters of the lake plunge over a 167 m tall waterfall.
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