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Tsho Rolpa

Field	Value
name	Tsho Rolpa
other_name	Cho Rolpa
location	Rolwaling Valley, Dolakha District, Nepal
coordinates
type	glacial lake
inflow	Trakarding glacier
outflow	Rolwaling and Tamakoshi rivers
catchment
date-built
date-flooded
length	3.45 km
width	0.5 km
area	1.537 km2
depth	55 m
max-depth	135 m
volume	85,940,000 m3
shore
elevation	4580 m
temperature_high
temperature_low
pushpin_map	Nepal
pushpin_map_alt	Location of the lake in Nepal.
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	12

| date-built = | date-flooded = | max-depth = 135 m | mapframe-zoom = 12 Tsho Rolpa (also Cho Rolpa) is one of the biggest glacial lakes in Nepal. The lake, which is located at an altitude of 4580 m in the Rolwaling Valley, Dolakha District, has grown considerably over the last 50 years due to glacial melting in the Himalayas.{{Citation

Tsho Rolpa (also Cho Rolpa)

Flooding

The lake threatens to burst through its unstable dam, which would threaten the lives and livestock of over 6100 villagers living around the Tamakoshi River. In 2012, the UNDP reported that an early warning system installed by the authorities in the late 1990s, which became defunct through lack of maintenance, will be replaced by a more modern warning system for glacial floods from the lake.

References

(2012). "Glacial and Sediment Hazards in the Rolwaling Valley, Nepal".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20050910223537/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0501_020502_himalaya_2.html Melting Himalayan Glaciers May Doom Towns] ''[[National Geographic Society. National Geographic]]'' 7 May 2002, retrieved on 21 November 2010
[http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Tsho+Rolpa+to+get+early+warning+system+&NewsID=333268 Tsho Rolpa to get early warning system] ''The Himalayan Times'' 23 May 2012, accessed 9 January 2013
link. (2012-03-08 ''The Himalayan Times'' 13 June 2010, accessed 21 November 2010)

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