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Zige Tangco (4560 m a.s.l.), located in central Tibetan Plateau, was first discovered in China to be a meromictic lake. The meromixis was caused possibly by virtual sheltering due to the lake basin’s morphometry, and to a less extent by surface inflow of fresh water. As the highest meromictic lake ever discovered in the world, Zige Tangco could provide some insight into world lake systematic classification, and a potential site for present-day lake processes and lacustrine varve studies.
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Li, W., Li, S., Yin, Y. et al. Meromixis in Zige Tangco, central Tibetan Plateau. Sci. China Ser. D-Earth Sci. 44 (Suppl 1), 338–342 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02912004
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