12 Nov 2024        14:27:48 pm

Geography

Pangong Lake

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Topic: Lakes

Why in the news?

• Satellite images show the construction of a Chinese settlement near the Pangong Lake- a strategically located lake that separates India and China. The settlement is located 38 km. east of the Line of Actual Control (LAC)- where border skirmishes happened between India and China in 2020.

Source: WION

About Pangong Lake:

• It is also known as Pangong Tso Lake.
• It is a long narrow, endorheic (landlocked) lake situated at a height of more than 14,000 ft. (4,350 m.) in the Ladakh Himalayas.
• It is the world\'s highest saltwater lake.
• India holds one-third of the 135 km-long boomerang-shaped Pangong lake.
• One-third of the Pangong Lake lies in India and the other two-thirds in China.
• It is also known to change colors, appearing blue, green, and red at different times.

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