Tien Shui Hai

A form of Tianshuihai — A lake in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, part of the disputed Aksai Chin.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Tianshuihai.

    Atmospheric pollen content was studied for one annual cycle from September 1989 to October 1990 on the Kunlun mountain at Tien Shui Hai station (35°40'N, 79°30'E; 4850 m. a.s.l) by Van Campo et al. (1996).

    2000, Zuju Yao, “Ice-Core Pollen Studies From the Dunde and Guliya Ice Caps, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Louisiana State University, page 178
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    As the characteristic 1.5m height might reflect annual regression of the lake level, we have computed the potential annual evapotranspiration on the basis of meteorological data collected at Tien Shui Hai from 13/08/89 to 11/09/90.

    1994, 9th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, 1st-4th April, 1994, Kathmandu: Abstract Volume, →OCLC, page 8

Origin

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 甜水海 (Tʻien²-shui³-hai³).

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