Editing Geography of Bhutan (section)

==Lakes==
{{main|Lakes of Bhutan}}
Bhutan is home to at least 59 natural mountain lakes as well as some 2,674 [[glacial lake]]s; about 25 of these glacial lakes are potential [[GLOF]] hazards.<ref name=BO1>{{cite web |url=http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/managing-health-disaster/ |title=Managing health disaster |date=19 January 2008 |first=Badan |last=Tirwa |publisher=Bhutan Observer online |location=[[Thimphu]] |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120120112/http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/managing-health-disaster/ |archive-date=20 January 2011 }}</ref><ref name=Thorthormi>{{cite web |url=http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/thorthormi-water-level-brought-down-43-cm/ |title=Thorthormi water level brought down 43&nbsp;cm |first=Sonam |last=Pelden |publisher=Bhutan Observer online |date=3 September 2010 |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119113517/http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/thorthormi-water-level-brought-down-43-cm/ |archive-date=19 January 2011 }}</ref>

Non-glacial lakes in Bhutan cover a total of about {{convert|4250|ha|sqmi}}. Most are located above an altitude of {{convert|3500|m|ft}}, and most have no permanent human settlements nearby, though many are used for grazing yaks and may have scattered temporary settlements.<ref name=Bisht>{{cite book|title=International Encyclopaedia of Himalayas|first=Ramesh Chandra |last=Bisht |date=January 2008 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-8324-265-3 |pages=34–5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XWblUfYqGK4C}}</ref><ref name=FAO1>{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/003/L8853E/L8853E02.htm |publisher=United Nations [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] |title=Survey of the Waters of Bhutan – Physiography and Fisheries Potential |date=December 1978 |access-date=26 November 2011}}</ref>