Nam Co, the world's highest saltwater lake, has grown remarkably in volume and surface area in recent years, local observers told Xinhua on Tuesday. Monitoring data showed that the lake, located in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, has seen its water level rise about 23 centimeters annually since 2003, said Zhang Guoshuai, deputy head of the Nam Co observation station under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
The results showed that the soils are mainly Gelisols and Inceptisols, which are accounted for 34% and 28% on the total area of the plateau. In the western part of the QTP, Gelisols, Inceptisols and Aridisols were about 43%, 30% and 17%, respectively. In contrast, the eastern part of the QTP mainly consists of Gelisols (27%), Mollisols (26%) and Inceptisols (25%).
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