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[[Image: Parlung Tsangpo voyageautibet.com Liu Bin.png|thumb|350px|Parlung Tsangpo, courtesy of Liu Bin, voyageautibet.com]]
[[Image: Parlung Tsangpo voyageautibet.com Liu Bin.png|thumb|350px|Parlung Tsangpo, courtesy of Liu Bin, voyageautibet.com]]
'''Parlung Tsangpo''' (Tib: ཕར་ལུང་གཙང་པོ, [[Wyl.]] ''phar lung gtsang po'') is a main river of the southern-eastern regions of Tibet, and the main geographical artery of the [[Powo]] region.
'''Parlung Tsangpo''' (Tib: ཕར་ལུང་གཙང་པོ, [[Wyl.]] ''phar lung gtsang po'') is a main river of the southern-eastern regions of Tibet, and the main geographical artery of the [[Powo]] region.
The Parlung Tsangpo is also the largest tributary on the left side of the [[Yarlung Tsangpo]]. The source of the Parlung Tsangpo is the Arza Gongla Glacier, at an elevation of 4900m. It joins the Yarlung Tsangpo near the city of Mondrong, just before the Yarlung Tsangpo enters [[Pemakö]]. <Ref>Emeric Yeshe Dorje, The History of the Düdjom Tersar, forthcoming.</Ref>
The Parlung Tsangpo is also the largest tributary on the left side of the [[Yarlung Tsangpo]]. The source of the Parlung Tsangpo is the Arza Gongla Glacier, at an elevation of 4900m. It joins the Yarlung Tsangpo near the city of Mondrong, just before the Yarlung Tsangpo enters [[Pemakö]].<Ref>Emeric Yeshe Dorje, The History of the Düdjom Tersar, forthcoming.</Ref>


Among the tributaries of the Parlung Tsangpo are:
Among the tributaries of the Parlung Tsangpo are:
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*[[Rong Chu]]
*[[Rong Chu]]


Among the Dharma places found on the Parlung Tsangpo’s banks are, from east to west:
Among the [[Dharma]] places found on the Parlung Tsangpo’s banks are, from east to west:
*[[Bébur Gön Jampa Ling]] aka Chö Dzong Jampa Ling
*[[Bébur Gön Jampa Ling]] aka Chö Dzong Jampa Ling
*[[Gawalung Monastery]] aka Dodung monastery
*[[Gawalung Monastery]] aka Dodung monastery
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[[Category: Tibet]]
[[Category: Tibet]]
[[Category:Powo]]
[[Category: Powo]]

Latest revision as of 20:05, 25 March 2021

Parlung Tsangpo, courtesy of Liu Bin, voyageautibet.com

Parlung Tsangpo (Tib: ཕར་ལུང་གཙང་པོ, Wyl. phar lung gtsang po) is a main river of the southern-eastern regions of Tibet, and the main geographical artery of the Powo region. The Parlung Tsangpo is also the largest tributary on the left side of the Yarlung Tsangpo. The source of the Parlung Tsangpo is the Arza Gongla Glacier, at an elevation of 4900m. It joins the Yarlung Tsangpo near the city of Mondrong, just before the Yarlung Tsangpo enters Pemakö.[1]

Among the tributaries of the Parlung Tsangpo are:

Among the Dharma places found on the Parlung Tsangpo’s banks are, from east to west:

Notes

  1. Emeric Yeshe Dorje, The History of the Düdjom Tersar, forthcoming.