Sengge Zangbo
| Sengge Zangbo Sengge Khabab, Shiquan He | |
|---|---|
  Confluence of Gar Tsangpo and Sengge Zangbo | |
| Etymology | "Lion River" |
| Native name | སེང་གེ་ཁ་འབབ། (Standard Tibetan) |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| State | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Region | Ngari Prefecture |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Kailas Range, Gêgyai County, Tibet, China |
| • coordinates | 31°18′44″N 81°48′42″E / 31.31222°N 81.81167°E |
| • elevation | 5,469.8 m (17,946 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Gar Valley (Indus Valley) |
• coordinates | 32°26′27″N 79°42′44″E / 32.4409°N 79.7121°ECoordinates: 32°26′27″N 79°42′44″E / 32.4409°N 79.7121°E |
• elevation | 4,300 metres (14,100 ft) |
| Length | 300 km (190 mi) (approx.) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Indus River |
Sengge Zangbo,[1][2] Sengge Khabab[3] (Tibetan: སེང་གེ་ཁ་འབབ།, Wylie: seng ge kha 'bab) or Shiquan He (Chinese: 獅泉河; pinyin: Shīquán Hé) is a headwater of the Indus River in the Ngari Prefecture in Tibet Autonomous Region, China. About 300 km from its sources, in the mountain springs north of the Manasarovar lake,[4] the river merges with Gar Tsangpo near the village of Tashigang to form the Indus River.[5] The Tibetans continue to regard the combined river as Sênggê Zangbo as it flows into Ladakh.
The town of Shiquanhe, the administrative headquarters of the Ngari Prefecture, is located in the lower valley of Sengge Zangbo, and is named after the river.
The Sengge Zangbo drains an area of 27,450 km2, and covers a length of 430 km. Main tributaries include Gar Tsangpo.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Scientist finds new origin of Indus River, China Daily, 21 October 2010.
- ^ Mayhew, Bradley; Kohn, Michael; Mccrohan, Daniel; Bellezza, John Vincent (2011), Tibet, Lonely Planet, p. 164 – via archive.org
- ^ Chodag, Tibet, the Land and the People (1988), p. 153.
- ^ Sering, Senge (April 2010), "China builds dam on Indus near Ladakh" (PDF), Journal of Defence Studies, 4 (2): 136–139
- ^ I︠U︡sov, Physical Geography of Tibet (1959), p. 80.
Bibliography[]
- Chodag, Tiley (1988), Tibet, the Land and the People, translated by Bkras-gliṅ Dbaṅ-rdor (Brag-gdoṅ); W. Tailing, New World Press, ISBN 9787800050725
- I︠U︡sov, B. V. (1959), Physical Geography of Tibet, U.S. Joint Publications Research Service
External links[]
- Sengge river basin, OpenStreetMap, retrieved 11 September 2021.
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