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Coordinates: 29°27′00″N 96°48′00″E / 29.4500°N 96.8000°E / 29.4500; 96.8000
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Rakwa Tso
  • རག་ཝྭ་མཚོ
  • 然乌湖
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Rakwa Tso is located in Tibet
Rakwa Tso
Rakwa Tso
Location of Rakwa in Tibet Autonomous Region.
LocationChamdo, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Coordinates29°27′00″N 96°48′00″E / 29.4500°N 96.8000°E / 29.4500; 96.8000
Primary outflowsParlung Tsangpo
Max. length25 km (16 mi)
Surface area27 km2 (10 sq mi)
Surface elevation3,850 m (12,630 ft)
SettlementsRawu

Rakwa Tso (Tibetan: རག་ཝྭ་མཚོ, Wylie: rag wwa mtsho; Chinese: 然乌湖; pinyin: Ránwū Hú), also known as Rawu Tso or Ranwu Lake, is a lake in Baxoi County, Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet, China, to the north of Arza Gongla Glacier, and to the south of Ngagung Tso. The lake covers an area of 27 km2 (10 sq mi), and has an elevation of 3,850 metres (12,630 feet). The lake was created by a landslide dam. Parlung River flows out of the lake.

The lake is within the historical region of Kham. The average temperature is 8.5 °C (47.3 °F), and the rainfall 849.7 mm (33.45 in). It has been a famous tourist destination.