Lake Cuona

Cuona Lake is the source of the Nujiang River. The rivers and streams in the southern part of the Cuona Lake in the Tanggula Mountains all flow into the Cuona Lake and flow into the Nujiang River. Cuona Lake is 4,800 meters above sea level and covers an area of about 300 square kilometers. It is a freshwater lake. Cuona Lake is a pearl on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Like Nam Co, it is a lake that believers often come to worship. Legend has it that it was once the bathing place of the Queen Mother of the West. In the minds of the local Tibetan people, Cuona Lake is a “sacred lake”. Every year in the Tibetan Year of the Dragon, thousands of believers will flock to Cuona Lake to worship. It is located in the heart of the Qiangtang Nature Reserve and is the habitat of rare wild animals on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.