Pagsum Co

Infobox lake
lake_name = Pagsum Co
image_lake = BasumTso-wiki.jpg
caption_lake = View north-east from Tashi Island
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location = Gongbo'gyamda County
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basin_countries = China
length = 18 km
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area = 27 km²
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max-depth = 120 m
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elevation = 3,700 m
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Pagsum Co (Chinese: "Bāsōng Cuò" 八松错, Tibetan: "brag gsum mtsho" བྲག་གསུམ་མཚོ།), literally meaning “three shores” in Tibetan, [Guójiā cèhuìjú dìmíng yánjiūsuǒ 国家测绘局地名研究所: Xīzàng dìmíng 西藏地名 / bod ljongs sa ming བོད་ལྗོངས་ས་མིང། ("Tibetan Place Names"; Beijing, Zhōngguó Zàngxué chūbǎnshè 中国藏学出版社 1995); ISBN 7-80057-284-6, p. 15. The name is sometimes confused with Basum ("Basong Xiang" 巴松乡 / "dba’ gsum" དབའ་གསུམ) in Tingri County of Xigazê Prefecture, due to the similarity of the Chinese names.] is a lake covering 28 square kilometres in Gongbo'gyamda County, Nyingchi Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, approximately 300 km east of Lhasa in Tibet. At 3,700 metres over sea level it is about 18 km long and has an average width of approximately 1.5 kilometres. The deepest point of the green lake measures 120 metres.

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