Bhote Koshi / Poiqu | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Zhangzangbo Glacier, Tibet Autonomous Region |
• elevation | 8,012 m (26,286 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Sun Kosi near Balephi, Sindhupalchowk, Nepal |
• coordinates | 27°43′58″N 85°46′47″E / 27.73278°N 85.77972°E |
• elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft)[1] |
Basin features | |
River system | Koshi River |
Poiqu | |||||||||
Tibetan name | |||||||||
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Tibetan | བོད་ཆུ | ||||||||
Literal meaning | river of Tibet | ||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 波曲 | ||||||||
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Matsang Tsangpo | |||||||||
Tibetan name | |||||||||
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Tibetan | མ་གཙང་གཙང་པོ། | ||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 麻章藏布 | ||||||||
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Bhote Kosi | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 波特科西 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 波特科西 | ||||||
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Nepali name | |||||||
Nepali | भोटे कोशी |
Bhote Koshi in Nepal and Poiqu in Tibet (both names roughly mean "Tibetan river") is the name given to the upper course (main tributary) of the Sun Kosi river.[2][3] It is part of the Koshi River system in Nepal.[1]
the Poiqu River (Bhote Koshi River), a tributary of the Sun Koshi River ... The Poiqu River (known as the Bhotekoshi River in Nepal) is the boundary river between China and Nepal
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