Serling Tso Lake is on the south of the Qiangtang Plateau, which is the name for the northern Tibet Plateau in southwestern China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Its area is 1,640 square kilometers and it is both the largest lake in Tibet and the second-biggest saltwater lake in China.

The name of this lake comes from a local story of a big demon named "Serling" which was pursued and forced to stay in this large lake, confessing for the lives he killed.

Serling Tso Lake and other small lakes around here used to be one single lake, but because of the uplift movement of the Tibet Plateau, the big lake got divided.

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