Thonak Cho

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Thonak Cho is one of the largest and highest-altitude glacial lakes in Nepal’s Gokyo Lakes system in the Everest region.

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Thonak Cho canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial lake ⓘ
basinCountry Nepal ⓘ
climateZone alpine climate ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
drainageType closed glacial basin with surface outflow ⓘ
ecosystemType alpine lake ecosystem ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 15863 feet ⓘ
approximately 4835 metres ⓘ
freezingPeriod frozen in winter months ⓘ
locatedIn Everest region ⓘ
Gokyo Lakes ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
Province No. 1 ⓘ
Solukhumbu District ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Sagarmatha National Park ⓘ
locatedInRiverBasin Dudh Koshi River basin ⓘ
linked to: Dudh Koshi
locatedNear Gokyo Ri ⓘ
Gokyo village ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 205 feet ⓘ
approximately 62.4 metres ⓘ
notableFor clear turquoise water ⓘ
high altitude ⓘ
large size among Gokyo Lakes ⓘ
onRoute Everest Base Camp via Gokyo trekking route ⓘ
outflow stream to Dudh Pokhari and downstream Gokyo lakes ⓘ
partOf Gokyo Lakes system ⓘ
linked to: Gokyo Lakes

high-altitude wetlands of Sagarmatha National Park ⓘ
primaryWaterSource glacial meltwater ⓘ
snowmelt ⓘ
ramsarSiteComponentOf Gokyo and associated wetlands Ramsar Site ⓘ
ramsarSiteDesignationYear 2007 ⓘ
rankByAreaInGokyoLakes largest lake ⓘ
rankByElevation one of the highest-altitude lakes in Nepal ⓘ
rankByVolumeInGokyoLakes largest lake ⓘ
recognizedBy Ramsar Convention ⓘ
region Khumbu ⓘ
surfaceArea approximately 0.61 square miles ⓘ
approximately 1.59 square kilometres ⓘ
threat climate change ⓘ
glacial lake outburst flood risk ⓘ
glacier retreat ⓘ
tourismActivity mountain viewing ⓘ
nature photography ⓘ
trekking ⓘ
usedFor high-altitude limnological studies ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

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Gokyo Lakes → majorLake → Thonak Cho ⓘ