Lohit (river)

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Lohit - Dzayül Chu
Sang Chu, Dibru
Location of the Lohit as a Brahmaputra tributary

Location of the Lohit as a Brahmaputra tributary

Data
location Tibet ( PR China ),
Arunachal Pradesh , Assam ( India )
River system Brahmaputra
Drain over Brahmaputra  → Indian Ocean
Headwaters as Sang Chu north of Goyü ( Guyu ) in Zayü County (Tibet)
29 ° 29 ′ 18 ″  N , 97 ° 1 ′ 12 ″  E
Source height approx.  5200  m
Mouth as dibru in the Brahmaputra coordinates: 27 ° 34 '30 "  N , 95 ° 10' 14"  E 27 ° 34 '30 "  N , 95 ° 10' 14"  E

length approx. 450 km  (170 km of which as Sang Chu )
Catchment area 29,487 km²
Left tributaries Kamlang , Noa-Dihing
Right tributaries Kangri Garpo Qu , Kundil
Small towns Tezu , Sadiya
Communities Goyü ( Guyu ), Zhowagoin ( Zhuwagen ), Xia Chayu , Dong , Hawai , Hayuliang , Saikhoa Ghat
Lohit river, Arunachal Pradesh, India.jpg
Tibetan name
Tibetan script :
རྫ་ ཡུལ་ ཆུ
Wylie transliteration :
rdza yul chu
Other spellings:
Dzayul-chu; Zayu Qu
Chinese name
Simplified :
察隅 河
Pinyin :
Chayu He

The Lohit is a tributary of the Brahmaputra . Its upper course in China is called Sang Chu ( gsang chu ), then Dzayül Chu ( Tib . : rdza yul chu ) and is the largest river in the Zayü (Dzayül) district in the Tibet Autonomous Region . It flows south to India and flows as a dibru on the left into the Brahmaputra.

course

In China

The Sang Chu rises in the north of the Goyü community (Chinese: Guyu ) and meets the road S201 after about 15 kilometers (as the crow flies), which from there follows the course of the river. The river and the road curve in an arc, first to the southeast, then to the south and southwest and finally to the west, through the large municipality of Zhowagoin ( Zhuwagen ). In the large community of Xia Chayu (Unter-Zayü) the river turns to the south and joins after about 170 km with the river Kangri Garpo Qu, coming from the direction of Sang Chayu (Upper Zayü) from the right (northwest) at 28 ° 27 ′ 8 "  N , 97 ° 2 '47"  O for Lohit River.

In India

After about 10 kilometers as the crow flies, the river reaches the McMahon Line and thus the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh . The Lohit crosses this in an approximately south-south-west direction, passing the place Dong , and then turns in Hawai in a north-westerly direction to the place Hayuliang , where it turns back to the south-west. It leaves its narrow valley 20 kilometers east of Tezu and flows as an intertwined river towards the west. After passing the Assamese border, it passes the town of Sadiya and then flows south of the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as Dibru into the Brahmaputra.

literature

Web links

Commons : Lohit  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ indiawaterportal.org
  2. ↑ Chinese 察隅 河
  3. ↑ Gyurme Dorje: Tibet handbook, page 409 (see literature)