Tsho Rolpa (also Cho Rolpa) is one of the biggest in Nepal. The lake, which is located at an altitude of in the Rolwaling Himal, Dolakha District, has grown considerably over the last 50 years due to glacial melting in the Himalayas.[ Melting Himalayan Glaciers May Doom Towns National Geographic 7 May 2002, retrieved on 21 November 2010]
Tsho Rolpa (also Cho Rolpa)
Flooding
The lake threatens to burst through its unstable dam, which would threaten the lives and livestock of over 6100 villagers living around the
Tamakoshi River.
[ Tsho Rolpa to get early warning system The Himalayan Times 23 May 2012, accessed 9 January 2013] In 2012, the
UNDP reported that an early warning system installed by the authorities in the late 1990s, which became defunct through lack of maintenance, will be replaced by a more modern warning system for glacial floods from the lake.
[ Chho-Rolpa warning sirens lying defunct The Himalayan Times 13 June 2010, accessed 21 November 2010]
