Yarlung Tsangpo River basin

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drainage basin river basin watershed

The Yarlung Tsangpo River basin is a high-altitude watershed in Tibet that drains the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River, encompassing deep gorges, extensive glaciers, and diverse alpine and subtropical ecosystems.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Brahmaputra basin 1
Eastern Himalayan river system 1
Yarlung Tsangpo River region 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
borderedBy Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transhimalaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yarlung Tsangpo River NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainedBy Yarlung Tsangpo River NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainsUpperReachesOf Brahmaputra River NERFINISHED ⓘ
feeds Brahmaputra River discharge ⓘ
hasClimate alpine climate ⓘ
subtropical climate ⓘ
hasEcologicalSignificance habitat connectivity between alpine and subtropical zones ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
hasElevationCharacteristic one of the highest major river basins in the world ⓘ
hasFeature alpine ecosystems ⓘ
deep gorges ⓘ
extensive glaciers ⓘ
high-altitude terrain ⓘ
subtropical ecosystems ⓘ
hasGeomorphologicalFeature active tectonics ⓘ
intense river incision ⓘ
steep relief ⓘ
hasHydrologicalRegime monsoon-influenced flow ⓘ
snowmelt-dominated flow ⓘ
hasLandCover alpine meadows ⓘ
glaciers ⓘ
subtropical forests ⓘ
hasProcess glacial meltwater runoff ⓘ
monsoon-driven river flow ⓘ
hasRisk debris flows ⓘ
glacial lake outburst floods ⓘ
landslides ⓘ
isCulturallySignificantFor Tibetan communities ⓘ
isImportantFor downstream water resources in South Asia ⓘ
isSubjectOf climate change impact studies ⓘ
geomorphological studies ⓘ
hydrological research ⓘ
isUpstreamOf Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brahmaputra River in India NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn China ⓘ
Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Tibetan Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Brahmaputra River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceRegionOf Brahmaputra River NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nyainqêntanglha Range → separates → Yarlung Tsangpo River basin ⓘ
Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone → extendsAlong → Yarlung Tsangpo River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yarlung Tsangpo River region
Lohit River → partOf → Yarlung Tsangpo River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Himalayan river system
Beki River → drainageBasin → Yarlung Tsangpo River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmaputra basin