Yarlung Tsangpo
| Yarlung Tsangpo yar klung gtsang po ཡར་ཀླུང་གཙང་པོ། 雅鲁藏布江 | |
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Yarlung Tsangpo, Shigatse Prefecture | |
| Location | |
| Country | China, India |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Angsi Glacier in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China |
| • coordinates | 30°23′N 82°0′E / 30.383°N 82.000°E |
| • elevation | 5,210 m (17,090 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 29°7′40.8036″N 95°1′19.8264″E / 29.128001000°N 95.022174000°E |
• elevation | 535 m (1,755 ft) |
| Length | 1,125 km (699 mi) |
| Basin size | 241,691 km2 (93,317 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 2,898.9 m3/s (102,370 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Raka Tsangpo, Nimu Maqu, Lhasa, Nyang |
The Yarlung Tsangpo, also called Yarlung Zangbo (Tibetan: ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ་, Wylie: yar kLungs gTsang po, ZYPY: Yarlung Zangbo) and Yalu Zangbu River (Chinese: 雅鲁藏布江; pinyin: Yǎlǔzàngbù Jiāng) is a river that flows through the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and Arunachal Pradesh of India. It is the longest river of Tibet and the fifth longest in China. The upper section is also called Dangque Zangbu meaning "Horse River".
Originating from the Angsi Glacier in western Tibet, southeast of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, it later forms the South Tibet Valley and Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon before passing into the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. Downstream from Arunachal Pradesh, the river becomes far wider and is called the Siang. After reaching Assam, the river is known as the Brahmaputra.
When leaving the Tibetan Plateau, the river forms the world's largest and deepest canyon, Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon.