Nyang River

The Nyang River near Gongbogyamda.

"Nanpan" redirects here. It is not to be confused with the Nanpan River in Southeast China.

The Nyang River (Tibetan: ཉང་ཆུ, Wylie: nyang chu ; Chinese: 尼洋曲; also transliterated as Niyang or Nanpan) is a major river in south-west Tibet and the longest tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo River.

The Nyang has a length of 307.5 km and originates at 5,000 meters above the sea level from the Cuomuliangla in the Goikarla Rigyu, west of the Mila Mountain. The river joins the Yarlung Tsangpo in Cemeng, Nyingchi, 2,580 meters below its source.^[1] With an average flow of 538 cubic meters per second, it has an aquatic power potential of 2.08 million kilowatts. Its largest tributary is the Ba River. It flows past the town of Bayi where it is crossed by the Bayi Zanchen bridge.^[2]

According to a Chinese government website aimed at investors,^[3] the Nyang River valley has an area of 24,800 km², including 175,700 mǔ (117 km²) of cultivated land, 209,800 mǔ (140 km²) of usable wasteland, 24.75 million mǔ (16,500 km²) of forestry land, and 12 million mǔ (8,000 km²) of usable grassland. It is also reported to contain 1,500 kinds of wild animals and plants, 310,000,000 million m³ of wood reserves and 18 million kw of hydroenergy resources.

Footnotes

↑ Nyang river information published on www.tibet.cn, visited August 4, 2007.
↑ Dorje (1999), p. 236.
↑ Comprehensive Development of Agriculture in Niyang River Valley, Beijing Office of the People's Government of Tibet Autonomous Region, visited August 4, 2007

References

Dorje, Gyume. (1999). Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. 2nd Edition. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. ISBN 1-900949-33-4.

Nyingchi

District	Bayi

Counties	Bomê Gongbo'gyamda Mainling Mêdog Zayü Nang

Towns and villages	Alamdo Bayi Bamda Cawarong Chuka Chubarong Chubalung Gartog Gohaling Gunwa Goyu Dombang Kamsa Oibab Puqu Puzang Qizhong Qoidên Rawu Xia Lingka Zhamo

Geography	Ba River Nyang River Pagsum Lake

Major rivers of China

Yangtze River system	Yalong River Min River Dadu River Qingyi River Tuo River Jialing River Fu River Qu River Wu River Hanshui River Qing River Chishui River Xiao River Xiang River Zi River Yuan River Lishui River Gan River Fu River Xin River Qingyi Jiang Qinhuai River Huangpu River

Yellow River system	Black River Daxia River Tao River Qingshui River Wuding River Fen River Wei River Jing River Luo River (Henan) Luo River (Shaanxi) Qin River

Pearl River system	North River East River Han River Mei River Ting River West River Yujiang River Yong River Xun River Qian River Hongshui River Nanpan River Beipan River Rong River Gui River

Heilong River system	Songhua River 2nd Songhua River Nen River Mudan River Ussuri River Argun River

Huai River system	Guo River Ying River Shiguan River

Other major rivers	Hai River Chaobai River Yongding River Hutuo River Liao River Tarim River Karatash River Ili River Shule River Tumen River Yalu River Luan River Red River Minjiang River Longjiang River Lancang River Beilun River Nu River Lion Spring River Elephant Spring River Yarlung Tsangpo River (Horse Spring River) Nyang River Subansiri River Irtysh River

Major canals	Grand Canal of China Lingqu Canal North Jiangsu Main Irrigation Canal

Coordinates: 29°26′01″N 94°29′04″E / 29.4337°N 94.4844°E / 29.4337; 94.4844

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Nyang River

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References