Reting Tsangpo
| Reting Tsangpo | |
|---|---|
Landscape near the Reting Monastery | |
Lhasa prefecture-level city. Reting Tsangpo from the east joins other rivers at the Pangduo Dam to form the Lhasa River. | |
| Location | |
| Country | Tibet |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • elevation | 5,500 m (18,000 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 30°11′30″N 91°20′40″E / 30.191622°N 91.344371°E |
• elevation | 4,080 m (13,390 ft) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Brahmaputra River |
The Reting Tsangpo (Chinese: 热振河; pinyin: rè zhèn hé) is a river in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is the main headwater of the Lhasa River. The river flows past Reting Monastery, founded in 1056. The terrain is geologically complex, with deeply eroded and faulted rocks that reflect the results of the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate.