JOURNEY TO

MANASAROVAR
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Introduction
• Lake Manasarovar , also
called Swan Rimbonche is a
high altitude freshwater lake
fed by Kailash Glaciers near
Mount Kailash in Burang
County, Ngari Prefecture,
Tibet Autonomous Region,
China.
• The lake is revered as a
sacred place in four religions:
Bön , Buddhism, Hinduism
and Jainism
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Geography
Manasarovar lies at 4,590 m (15,060 ft) above mean sea
level , a relatively high elevation for a large fresh water lake
on the mostly saline lake-studded Tibetan Plateau.

• Lake Manasarovar is relatively round in shape with the

circumference of 88 km (54.7 mi). Its depth reaches a
maximum of 90m (300ft) and its surface area is 320 km2
(123.6 sq mi). It is connected to nearby nearby lake
Rakshastal by the natural Ganga Chhu channel. Lake
Manasarovar is near the source of the Sutlej, which is the
easternmost large tributary of the Indus. Nearby are the
sources of the Brahmaputra River, the Indus River, and
the Karnali, an important tributary of the Ganges. Lake
Manasarovar overflows into Lake Rakshastal which is a salt-
water endorheic lake . When the level of Lake Rakshastal
matched that of Lake Manasarovar, these (very narrowly)
combined lakes overflowed into the Sutlej basin. Stranded
beaches around Lake Rakshastal at 4586 meter would
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Climatic conditions :
Climate data for Lake Manasarovar
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year

Average −3.2 −2.0 0.9 6.4 10.2 13.7 13.7 13.1 13.1 11.1 6.5 1.0 7.0
high °C (°F) (26.2) (28.4) (33.6) (43.5) (50.4) (56.7) (56.7) (55.6) (55.6) (52.0) (43.7) (33.8) (44.7)

Daily mean −8.9 −7.6 −4.2 −0.1 3.1 7.1 8.4 8.0 8.0 5.4 −0.2 −5.1 1.2
°C (°F) (16.0) (18.3) (24.4) (31.8) (37.6) (44.8) (47.1) (46.4) (46.4) (41.7) (31.6) (22.8) (34.1)

Average low −14.5 −13.1 −9.2 −6.6 −4.0 0.6 3.1 3.0 −0.2 −6.8 −11.1 −13.3 −6.0
°C (°F) (5.9) (8.4) (15.4) (20.1) (24.8) (33.1) (37.6) (37.4) (31.6) (19.8) (12.0) (8.1) (21.2)

Average pre
52 34 52 30 26 40 125 135 66 29 7 18 614
cipitation m
(2.0) (1.3) (2.0) (1.2) (1.0) (1.6) (4.9) (5.3) (2.6) (1.1) (0.3) (0.7) (24)
m (inches)
Places to visit
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near
Manasarovar :
1.Mount Kailash
2.Yam Dwar
3.Muktinath Temple
4.Gauri Kund
5.Om Parvat
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6. Tirthapuri
7. Rakshas Tal
8. Pashupatinath
Temple
9. Damodar Kund
10.Nandi Parvat
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Thank You!
BY HIMANSHI KUMAR
CLASS : XI-C