Brahmaputra River
Brahmaputra River is a scenic area in Nyingchi, China.
Visitor information
- Also known as
- 雅鲁藏布江
- City
- Nyingchi
- Coordinates
- 29.1667585, 93.4890529
About Brahmaputra River
The Yarlung Zangbo River is also called "Yangqiapo Zangbo". The upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River, the eastern branch of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River in the Indian Ocean water system, originates from the Jemma Yangzong Glacier in China on the northern slope of the middle Himalayas. It is called the Maquan River above Saga in Tibet and the Brahmaputra River below. It flows through 23 counties in the four prefectures of Shigatse, Lhasa, Shannan and Nyingchi, and flows out of the Chinese border at Basika in Medog County, with a length of 2,057 kilometers. It flows into India and Bangladesh and flows into the Bay of Bengal. The main tributaries include Kazangbo, Nianchu River, Lhasa River, Niyang River, etc. The annual runoff at China's exit points is 140 billion cubic meters, ranking third in China. The basin area is 240,500 square kilometers, ranking fifth in China.
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