Dangqu River

The source of the Flüsses Yangtze River, in the southeast of Dam Chu

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The Dam or Dam Chu Qu is a river in the Yangtze River source area [F 1] in the highlands of Tibet in the area of Zadoi, Yushu, in southwest China's Qinghai province. It is the southern of the three headwaters of the Yangtze River. [ F 2]

Course

It rises in the east of Xiasheriaba Shan (霞 舍 日 阿巴 山[F 3] ), an eastern spur of the Tanggula Shan, as one of numerous streams. In the north of the headwaters of the streams flow together, and the resulting river flows in a northwesterly direction until it at 33 ° 57 'N, 92 ° 43' O33.94919892.709646 the left coming Bu Qu (布 曲) receives, to the northeast used and combined shortly thereafter with the Tuotuo to Tongtian He He. The Dam Chu has a length of 357 km and a catchment area of ​​30,200 square kilometers.

Of the three major headwaters of the Yangtze River, it is the wassereichste.

Moron Us

The distance from the mouth of the Bu Qu to Tongtian He applies only recently as part of the Dam Chu. Before Bu Qu and Dam Chu were considered tributaries of a river course named Moron Us ( Chinese木 鲁乌苏 河, Pinyin Muluwusu Hey, Cyrillic Маруй - Ус ( Maruj -Us ) or Дечу ( deçu ) ), the upper reaches of the Gar Qu (尕 尔 曲) and which after taking the Bu Qu and Dam Chu ( the then in parts Akdam, W.-G. A -ko - ta -mu ch'ü name) in Ulan Moron ( kyr. Улан - Мурэн ( Ulan- mudflows ) ) opens, which consists of the Tuotuo He and the headwaters of the Tongtian He to the confluence of the Chumar. On other cards, the Mu -lu -wu -su Ho continues to Chumar, and the Tuotuo He called T'o - t'o already Ho