Drangme Chhu

E86844
river

Drangme Chhu is one of Bhutan’s largest and most significant rivers, flowing through the country’s eastern region and supporting local agriculture and hydropower.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Drangme Chhu canonical 3
Drangme Chhu valley 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
borderRelation contributes to Bhutan–India transboundary waters ⓘ
country Bhutan ⓘ
downstreamName Manas River ⓘ
drainageBasin eastern Bhutan ⓘ
economicImportance major hydropower potential ⓘ
supports rural livelihoods ⓘ
environmentalRole supports biodiversity corridors in eastern Bhutan ⓘ
supports riverine ecosystems ⓘ
fedBy monsoon rains ⓘ
snowmelt from surrounding mountains ⓘ
flowsDirection generally southward ⓘ
flowsInto Manas River ⓘ
flowsThrough Trashigang District ⓘ
surface form: Mongar District

Pemagatshel District ⓘ
Trashigang District ⓘ
Trongsa District ⓘ
Zhemgang District ⓘ
formsConfluenceWith Chamkhar Chhu ⓘ
Kuri Chhu ⓘ
hasTributary Chamkhar Chhu ⓘ
Koshi River ⓘ
surface form: Kuri Chhu
hasValley Drangme Chhu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Drangme Chhu valley
importance one of the largest rivers in Bhutan ⓘ
one of the most significant rivers in eastern Bhutan ⓘ
languageOfName Dzongkha ⓘ
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
Trashigang District ⓘ
surface form: eastern Bhutan
majorRiverOf Bhutan ⓘ
nameMeaning Drangme River ⓘ
partOf Brahmaputra Valley ⓘ
surface form: Brahmaputra river basin
risk seasonal flooding ⓘ
sourceRegion central-eastern Bhutan highlands ⓘ
supports agriculture ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
settlements along its banks ⓘ
ultimatelyFlowsInto Brahmaputra ⓘ
surface form: Brahmaputra River
usedFor fishing ⓘ
transport of local goods ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Bhutan → majorRiver → Drangme Chhu ⓘ
Drangme Chhu → hasValley → Drangme Chhu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drangme Chhu valley
Kuri Chhu → partOf → Drangme Chhu ⓘ
Kuri Chhu → tributaryOf → Drangme Chhu ⓘ