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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.
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 ...
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 ...
The Indus-Yarlung suture zone or the Indus-Yarlung Tsangpo suture is a tectonic suture in southern Tibet and across the north margin of the Himalayas which resulted from the collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate starting about 52 Ma. [1] The north side of the suture zone is the Ladakh Batholith of the Karakoram-Lhasa Block.
Yarlung Tsangpo River: 540: 116: Operational: 6 x 85MW Jiacha Hydro Power Station: 加查水电站: Yarlung Tsangpo River: 360: 83: Under construction: 3 x 120MW Lengda Hydro Power Station: 冷达水电站
The dam will be built close to China’s border with India. The Yarlung Zangbo, known outside China as the Yarlung Tsangpo, becomes the Brahmaputra when it flows into India’s Arunachal Pradesh ...
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]