Lake Ayakkum

Ayake Kumu, Ayakkum, Ayakum
Astronaut photograph highlighting two river deltas formed along Lake Ayakkum's south-western shoreline
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Location	Xinjiang
Coordinates	37°33′N 89°23′E

Ayakkum Lake (Chinese: 阿雅克库木湖; Uyghur: ئاياققۇم كۆلى‎) is a lake near the northern boundary of the Tibetan Plateau, to the southeast of the Kunlun Mountains.[1] While many of the small glacier and snowmelt-fed streams on the Plateau give rise to major South-east Asian rivers (including the Mekong and Yangtze), some empty into saline lakes such as Lake Ayakkum.[1] The lake is growing because of increased flows from small glacier- and snowmelt-fed streams.[2]

References

1. "River Deltas, Lake Ayakum, Tibet". NASA.
2. "Lake Ayakkum". USGS.