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Lhasa River

The 700th longest river in the world

568 km

The Lhasa River, also called Kyi Chu (Tibetan, Wylie: sKyid chu, pinyin: Lāsà hé), is a northern tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in the south of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The Yarlung Tsangpo is the upper section of the Brahmaputra River. The Lhasa River is subject to flooding with the summer monsoon rains, and structures have been built to control the floods. In its lower reaches the river valley is an important agricultural area. The city of Lhasa lies on the river. There are two large hydroelectric power stations on the river, the Zhikong Hydro Power Station (100 MW) and the Pangduo Hydro Power Station (160 MW)

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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