Maquan River Explained
| Maquan River |
| Pushpin Map: | China |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | China |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name3: | Ngari |
| Subdivision Type4: | County |
| Subdivision Name4: | Burang |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 29.6°N 84.15°W |
Maquan River or Dangque Zangbu (; ;[1]) is the upper section of Yarlung Tsangpo.[2] It is located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, in the southwestern part of the country, about west of the regional capital Lhasa.
The average annual rainfall is . The rainiest month is July, with an average of rainfall, and the driest is April, with precipitation.[3]
Notes and References
- Book: Henry Strachey (Captain.) . 1854 . Physical Geography of Western Tibet, Part 24 . W. Clowes . 7– . 1063495284 . The river that carries the drainage of Nari-Mangyul and Utsang to the south-eastward is called by the Tibetans the rTachok Tsangspo, i.e. Horse River. The best of my Ladak informants could not assure me positively of its course below Lhasa, but assented fully to its identification with the main trunk of the Brahmaputra river, as asserted (and all but established) by the geographers of Bengal..
- Web site: Maquan River. 17 September 2019.
- Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM). NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.
