Kangru Chhu

Kangru Chhu (Chinese: 康如普曲, Tibetan: ཁང་རུ་ཆུ་, lit. “Glacial Valley River”) is a high-altitude river in Kangmar County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Originating from the Zurkar Glacier (5,820 m elevation) on the northern slopes of the Himalayas, it flows 148 km southeast before merging with the Rongshar Tsangpo, a tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) basin.

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