Parlung Tsangpo

River in Tibet Autonomous Region, China
  • ཕར་ལུང་གཙང་པོ (Standard Tibetan)
  • 帕隆藏布 (Chinese)
LocationCountryChinaStateTibet Autonomous RegionRegionNyingchi PrefecturePhysical characteristicsSource  • locationChina Mouth 
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29°52′35″N 95°7′23″E / 29.87639°N 95.12306°E / 29.87639; 95.12306Length266 km (165 mi)Basin featuresRiver systemYarlung Tsangpo
Parlung Tsangpo in Bomê.

Parlung Tsangpo or Parlung Zangbo[1] (Tibetan: ཕར་ལུང་གཙང་པོ, Wylie: phar lung gtsang po; Chinese: 帕隆藏布; pinyin: Pàlóng Zàngbù), also known as Palongzangbu River,[2] is a river in Nyingchi, Tibet, China. It is the largest tributary on the left side of Yarlung Tsangpo. Its source is the Arza Gongla Glacier, at an elevation of 4900m. It first flows north into Ngagung Tso, then turn northwest to Rakwa Tso. It joins Yarlung Tsangpo near Bomê.

The total length of Parlung Tsangpo is 266 km, and the drop of elevation is 3360m. The drainage basin covers an area of 23,800 square kilometers. The lower part of Parlung flows through the Parlung Tsangpo Valley, which is among the deepest in the world.

References

  1. ^ Encyclopedia of China. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House.
  2. ^ Kargel, J.S.; Leonard, G.J.; Bishop, M.P.; Kääb, A.; Raup, B.H. (2014). Global Land Ice Measurements from Space. Springer. p. 600. ISBN 978-3-540-79818-7.
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