Context: Army apprehends Chinese soldier South of Pangong Tso.

Pangong Tso

• Pangong Tso or Pangong Lake is an endorheic lake spanning eastern Ladakh and West Tibet.
• It has a land-locked basin separated from the Indus River basin by a small elevated ridge, but is believed to have been part of the latter in prehistoric times.
• The lake is in the process of being identified under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance.
• This will be the first trans-boundary wetland in South Asia under the convention.
• Pangong Tso is in disputed territory. The Line of Actual Control passes through the lake.

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