 During the mid-Holocene, from around 84,000 years ago, the climate was wetter and warmer, possibly from increased influence from the Indian or East Asian monsoon.By the late Holocene, the monsoon was no longer able to reach the lake and its environment became drier and windier again.As the largest present lake in the Kunlun Mountains, it has become identified with the "Jade" or "Turquoise Pond" important in various myths involving the Queen Mother of the West.