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Lake Manasarovar or Lake Manasa Sarovar (Standard Tibetan: མ་ཕམ་གཡུ་མཚོ།, Mapham Yutso; simplified Chinese: 玛旁雍错; traditional Chinese: 瑪旁雍錯) is a fresh-water lake. It is in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, 2,000 kilometres (1,242.7 mi) from Lhasa. Lake Manasarovar is the source of the Pakistani river Sindhu. Sindhu flows west to the Arabian Sea.

Mansarovar
The source of the river Indus in China and Tibetan Himalayas

Images for kids

  • Gurla Mandhata & Manasarovar

    Mount Naimona'nyi (Gurla Mandhata) and Lake Manasarovar

  • Mansarovar map

    Map of the region

  • Lake Manasarovar, Tibet map in French and Persian detail from 1784 Tiefenthaler Map of the Ganges and Ghaghara Rivers, India (cropped)

    An 18th-century map of lake Manasarovar by the Jesuit Joseph Tiefenthaler.

  • Mt Kailash sat

    Satellite view of lakes Manasarovar (right) and Rakshastal with Mount Kailash in the background

  • Manasarovar lake

    View from Chiu Gompa Monastery

  • Mountains yaks Manasarovar pilgrimage trail

    The trail to Manasarovar lake

  • Manasarovar with small temples

    Small temples and stupa near the lake

  • ManasarovarKailashPrayerFlags

    Buddhist Prayer flags on the shore

  • Kailash stupa and temples, Manasarovar pilgrimage trail

    Monuments and Mount Kailash near the lake

  • Mount Kailash sunset from Manasarovar lake

    Mount Kailash sunset

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Lago Mana Sarovar para niños

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