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Yarlung Tsangpo whitewater. Since the 1990s the Yarlung Tsangpo River has been the destination of a number of teams that engage in exploration and whitewater kayaking. [17] The river is noted for its extreme conditions. [18] The first attempt to run was made in 1993 by a Japanese group who lost one member on the river.
The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, also known as the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, the Tsangpo Canyon, the Brahmaputra Canyon or the Tsangpo Gorge (simplified Chinese: 雅鲁藏布 大峡谷; traditional Chinese: 雅魯藏布大峽谷; pinyin: Yǎlǔzàngbù Dàxiágǔ), is a canyon along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Schizopygopsis younghusbandi is a species of ray-finned fish endemic to Tibet. [2] It occurs in the Yarlung Tsangpo River (=upper Brahmaputra) drainage and in endorheic lakes in its vicinity. [1] Schizopygopsis younghusbandi grows to about 50 cm (1.6 ft) in total length. [2]
Thereafter, the river turns south and southwest and flows through a deep gorge (the "Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon") across the eastern extremity of the Himalayas with canyon walls that extend upward for 5,000 m (16,000 ft) and more on each side. During that stretch, the river crosses the China-India line of actual control to enter northern ...
The Yarlung Zangbo, known outside China as the Yarlung Tsangpo, becomes the Brahmaputra when it flows into India’s Arunachal Pradesh. The river eventually enters Bangladesh before emptying into ...
The Yarlung Tsangpo runs west to east for 800 kilometres (500 mi) along the north slope of the Himalayas, but south of the Transhimalaya ranges of the Gangdise Shan and Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains. The ecoregion mostly follows the river valley and short tributary valleys, including the area north to Lhasa. [1]
China has constructed multiple hydropower stations along the course of the Yarlung Tsangpo over the past decade in a bid to harness the river's power as a source of renewable energy. Flowing ...
At its mouth the Lhasa Valley is about 3 miles (4.8 km) wide. It enters the Tsangpo at a point where that river makes a sharp turn to the south, and which therefore seems to be a continuation of the Lhasa River. [10] The river is navigable from its mouth on the Yarlung Tsangpo up to the city of Lhasa and to altitudes of up to 2,650 metres ...