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Lake · Tibet Autonomous Region

Lake Rakshastal

4,568 m14,987 ft

Area: 258 km²
Tonight: -6°CFog · Wind 14 km/h NW

Lake Rakshastal is a lake at 4,568 m above sea level in Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, 258 km² in area and 28.6 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 4,568 m
Length: 28.6 km
Shoreline: 146.8 km

Open the 3D view

Lake

Lake Rakshastal in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 146.8 km

3D map

Lake Rakshastal 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lake Rakshastal terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Rakshastal elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Rakshastal weather

Tonight · Fog · -6°C (21°F) · Wind 14 km/h NW

Lake Rakshastal forecast for about 4,568 m.

Tonight-6°–14 km/h NW
Today-7°1°–30 km/h SW
Sun-7°0°0.2 mm25 km/h S
Mon-8°2°–26 km/h S
Tue-6°1°–15 km/h SW
Wed-5°1°–19 km/h SW
Thu-2°2°0.6 mm11 km/h S
Fri-6°0°4.2 mm11 km/h SE
Sat-8°0°–9 km/h S
Sun-6°0°–9 km/h SE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 94% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

93.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

6.1%

Steep, 30–45°

0.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.3% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 484 m low point 4,568 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 45.5%Bare rock / sparse 43.2%Grassland 10.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Lake Rakshastal sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Kuthi Valley66 km SW

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGLake Rakshastal satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-29.

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GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-29)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia