Rivière de Yarlung Tsangpo

La rivière de Yarlung Tsangpo est la plus grande rivière du Tibet et la rivière la plus haute au monde, Originaire du glacier Jiemayangzong au pied nord de l’Himalaya dans le sud du Tibet, il se précipite d’avant en ouest entre les montagnes de l’Himalaya et de Gandise, et coule vers le nord-est au village de Pailong du comté de Linzhi, puis tourne rapidement vers le sud, et enfin

Yarlung Tsangpo: The Everest of Rivers

Adventurers call Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo the “Everest of Rivers” for good reason, Stretches of it are some of the least-explored places in the world, and tales of failed expeditions abound, With headwaters in western Tibet near Mount Kailash, the river has the highest average elevation—4,000 meters 13,000 feet—of any major river in the world,

Yarlung Tsangpo River

The Yarlung Tsangpo River is the highest major river in the world, Its longest tributary is the Nyang River, In Tibet the river flows through the South Tibet Valley, which is approximately 1,200 kilometres 750 mi long and 300 kilometres 190 mi wide, The valley descends from 4,500 metres 14,800 ft above sea level to 3,000 metres 9,800 ft, As it descends, the surrounding vegetation

Yarlung Tsangpo

Large Dams

China to build the world’s biggest dam on sacred Tibetan river

The river plunges 2,700 metres 8,858 feet through what is known as the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, forming a gorge more than twice the depth of …

Tsang-Po

The Yarlung Tsangpo River, normally just named “Zangbo” also pronunciated “Tsangpo“, denoting “purifier”, has its source in Mount Kailash, Subsequently, the river flows towards the east for

Could the Yarlung Tsangpo canyon be China’s next big

Besides its biodiversity, the topography of Yarlung Tsangpo canyon is also spectacular, Considered by some to be the world’s deepest gorge, it starts at the village of Daduka at an altitude of 3,000m and runs east, winding around the Namcha Barwa mountain, The river then flows through Mêdog and south into India as the Brahmaputra, The canyon

Brahmaputra River

Overview

Chemical weathering in the upstream and midstream reaches

This river flows broadly through the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, which is mainly composed of ophiolites and ophiolitic mélange Dupuis et al, 2005, The tributaries from the northern slope of the Himalayas flow through the TSS and Tethyan metamorphic rock, composed primarily of Palaeocene to Eocene conglomerates, shales, sandstones, and the local basalt Burg and Chen 1984 ,

Yarlung Tsangpo River, Great Canyon, Nyingchi Tibet

Yarlung Tsangpo River Valley is rich in forest resources, owning 2,644 thousand hectares’ of virgin forest, Rare and unique plants and animals along with a natural treasure house of wildlife such as yew and Zoraptera insects can be found here, From the Pottery shard and stone objects of the Neolithic Period discovered in Nyingchi County, the ancient culture of Yarlung Tsangpo River can be

High in the Himalayas, China is planning to build the

The change of course in the river is so dramatic, that until the early-20th-century Western geographers and explorers were not sure if the Yarlung Tsangpo and …

China to build historic Yarlung Zangbo River hydropower

China will build a hydropower project on the Yarlung Zangbo River, one of the major waters in Asia that also passes through India and Bangladesh, and the …