Editing Lake Tsomgo (section)

==Topography==
The lake is surrounded by steep mountains which are covered with snow during winter. During summer the snow cover melts and forms the source for the lake.<ref name=Lake/> The lake which remains frozen in winter season, sometimes extending up to May, receives an average [[annual precipitation]] of {{Convert|1183|mm}} with temperatures recorded in the range of {{Convert|0|-|25|C}}. {{Sfn|Kar|2014|p=101}}

The lake is about {{convert|40|km}} away from Gangtok on the Gangtok-Nathula highway.{{Sfn|Kar|2014|p=101}} Further, the road to [[Nathu La]] skirts the lake on the north side. The Chinese border crossing is only some {{Convert|5|km}} east-northeast in a straight line, but some {{Convert|18|km}} by road.<ref name="deBruyn">{{cite book |title=Frommer's India (Frommer's Complete) |last= deBruyn|first= Pippa |author2=Bain, Keith |author3=Venkatram, Niloufer |author4=Joshi, Shonar|date=4 March 2008|publisher= [[Frommer's]] |location=Hoboken, New Jersey, USA |isbn= 978-0-470-16908-7|page= 586 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qMqBvtL_nI0C&pg=PT596 |access-date=2009-11-29}}</ref>