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Tibet in space

Seven regional orientation points

These approximate city and regional centers help place the magazine’s stories. The map has no drawn province or terrain geometry; places without reviewed coordinates remain in the linked list below.

Tibet Autonomous Region
Lhasa Shigatse Shannan Nyingchi Chamdo Nagqu Ngari

North is up. Points show broad city or regional centers, not entrances or navigation coordinates.

These published places do not yet have reviewed representative coordinates. They remain linked here without a map point.

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Parlung Tsangpo

From its source area in Baxoi County, Chamdo, the Palong Tsangpo crosses into Bomi and continues toward the Yarlung Tsangpo. A 2023 hydrology model quantifies the upstream catchment’s seasonal mix of rain, snowmelt, glacier melt and baseflow.

A fast mountain river runs below steep slopes beside a highway tunnel.
The Palong Tsangpo beside the highway in eastern Yupu Township, Bomi County.

Parlung Tsangpo

A fast mountain river runs below steep slopes beside a highway tunnel.

The Palong Tsangpo: A River Fed by Snow and Ice

From its source area in Baxoi County, Chamdo, the Palong Tsangpo crosses into Bomi and continues toward the Yarlung Tsangpo. A 2023 hydrology model quantifies the upstream catchment’s seasonal mix of rain, snowmelt, glacier melt and baseflow.

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  1. The Palong Tsangpo beside the highway in eastern Yupu Township, Bomi County.Zhangzhugang · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗