Lhasa River

Lhasa River
Lhasa River near Ganden Monastery 1 (December 2006)
Lhasa prefecture-level city
Etymology	River of Felicity[1]
Location
Autonomous region	Tibet
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains
• coordinates	30°11′12″N 91°20′41″E / 30.1868°N 91.3448°E / 30.1868; 91.3448
• elevation	5,290 m (17,360 ft)
Mouth
• coordinates	29°20′27″N 90°45′38″E / 29.34083°N 90.76056°E / 29.34083; 90.76056
• elevation	3,590 m (11,780 ft)
Length	450 km (280 mi)
Basin size	26,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	335 m3/s (11,800 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
River system	Brahmaputra River
Tributaries
• left	Reting
• right	Phak, Phongdolha, Pengbo, Duilong

The Lhasa River, also called Kyi Chu (Tibetan: སྐྱིད་ཆུ་, Wylie: sKyid chu, Chinese: 拉薩河; 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)