Tsho Rolpa
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Tsho Rolpa is one of the biggest glacial lake
s in Nepal
. The lake, which is located at an altitude of 4,580 metres in the Dolakha District, has grown considerably over the last 50 years due to glacial melting in the Himalayas. The lake threatens to burst through its unstable dam, which would threaten the lives and livestock of villagers living around the Tamakoshi River.
Glacial lake
A glacial lake is a lake with origins in a melted glacier. Near the end of the last glacial period, roughly 10,000 years ago, glaciers began to retreat. A retreating glacier often left behind large deposits of ice in hollows between drumlins or hills. As the ice age ended, these melted to create...
s in Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
. The lake, which is located at an altitude of 4,580 metres in the Dolakha District, has grown considerably over the last 50 years due to glacial melting in the Himalayas. The lake threatens to burst through its unstable dam, which would threaten the lives and livestock of villagers living around the Tamakoshi River.
| District | Dolakha |
| Average depth | 55 m |
| Maximum depth | 131 m |
| Length | 3.2 km |
| Average width | 0.58 km |
| Area | 1.39 square kilometres |
| Water in the lake | 7.8 cubic metres |