Lake Yamzho Yumco (at the top) and Lake Puma Yumco from space, November 1997

Lake Yamzho Yumco is a lake located on the southern Tibetan Plateau (28°56′ N 90°41′ E) which is over 72 km (45 miles) long. The lake is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains and is fed by numerous small streams. The lake does have an outlet stream at its far western end. Yamzho Yumco has a power station that was completed and dedicated in 1996 near the small village of Pai-Ti at the lake’s western end. This power station is the largest in Tibet. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (640x628, 193 KB) Lake Yamzho Yumco and Lake Puma, Tibet - November 1997 image description here File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (640x628, 193 KB) Lake Yamzho Yumco and Lake Puma, Tibet - November 1997 image description here File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Lake Puma Yumco (centre) and Lake Yamzho Yumco from space, November 1997 Lake Puma Yumco is a lake located on the southern Tibetan Plateau (28°34′ N 90°25′ E). ... Tibet Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and Sichuan Province of China lie on the Tibetan Plateau. ... Power Station was a pop group made up of singer Robert Palmer, bassist John Taylor and guitarist Andy Taylor of Duran Duran, and former Chic drummer Tony Thompson; two other Chic members, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers were also involved on the studio side. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: XÄ«zàng; older spelling Thibet) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ...

Reference

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration