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Topographic map of Bhutan. Bhutan is a sovereign country at the crossroads of East Asia and South Asia, located towards the eastern extreme of the Himalayas mountain range. It is fairly evenly sandwiched between the sovereign territory of two nations: first, the People's Republic of China (PRC) on the north and northwest.
The following is a list of rivers in Bhutan; all rivers in Bhutan ultimately drain to the Brahmaputra River in India. Western Bhutan. Jaldhaka River or Di Chu [1]
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The Manas River (pron: [ˈmʌnəs]), known in Bhutan as the Drangme Chhu, is a transboundary river in the Himalayan foothills between southern Bhutan, India, and China.It is the largest of Bhutan's four major river systems, [1] with the other three being the Amo Chu or Torsa River, the Wang Chu or Raidak, and the Puna Tshang Chu or Sankosh.
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The valleys of Bhutan are carved into the Himalaya by Bhutan's rivers, fed by glacial melt and monsoon rains. As Bhutan is landlocked in the mountainous eastern Himalaya , much of its population is concentrated in valleys and lowlands, separated by rugged southward spurs of the Inner Himalaya.
Pho Chhu (Male River) is one of the major rivers of Bhutan, [1] which tracks its source to Gasa District on the borders between Bhutan and Tibet.It joins with the Mo Chhu (Female River) at the confluence below Punakha Dzong, the winter residence of Dratshang Lhentshog.
The Kuri Chhu originates from the Kula Kangri Glacier in the Tibet Autonomous Region of People's Republic of China where it is known as the Lhozhag Nub Qu (Tibetan: lho brag nub chu, Roman Dzongkha: Lhobrak Chhu) and Xung Qu (Tibetan: gzhung chu), and another origin is the Lhozhag Xar Qu (Tibetan: lho brag shar chu) a.k.a. Damxoi Xung Qu (tib.