Nyang Qu (Nyingchi)
| Nyang Qu | ||
 Nyang Qu at Gongbo'gyamda |
||
| Data | ||
| location | City of Nyingchi in Tibet ( PR China ) | |
| River system | Brahmaputra | |
| Drain over | Yarlung Zangbo → Brahmaputra → Jamuna → Padma → Meghna → Bay of Bengal | |
| confluence | two source rivers 29 ° 55 ′ 13 ″ N , 92 ° 45 ′ 27 ″ E |
|
| muzzle | in the Yarlung Zangbo coordinates: 29 ° 26 '1 " N , 94 ° 29' 4" E 29 ° 26 '1 " N , 94 ° 29' 4" E
|
|
| length | 286 km | |
| Catchment area | 17,500 km² | |
The Nyang Qu , also Nyangchu or Nyangqu ( Tib. ཉང་ ཆུ ། nyang chu, Chinese 尼洋河 , Pinyin Níyáng Hé and others), is a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) in the southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China .
It has two source rivers, both originate in the Nyainqêntanglha (Nyenchen Thanglha), after the confluence it flows in a south-easterly direction through the Gongbo'gyamda district and the Bayi district , then southwards and flows into the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra). It has a length of 286 km and a catchment area of 17,500 square kilometers. Its catchment area is very wooded.
literature
- Cihai ("Sea of Words"), Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5
See also
- Karuo culture ( Kharro )
Web links
Commons : Nyang Qu - collection of images, videos and audio files
- The Nyangchu Valley - English