Sunday 1 May 2016

Trishuli River

The Trishuli River (Nepali: त्रिशूली नदी; disentangled Chinese; conventional Chinese pinyin:  is a trans-limit waterway and is one of the significant tributaries of the Narayani River bowl in focal Nepal. It begins in Tibet Autonomous Region of China where it is called Kirong Tsangpo  Wylie: skyid grong gtsang po, THL: Kyirong Tsangpo; Chinese: pinyin: Gǔlóng The Trishuli is named after the trishula or trident of Shiva, an effective god in the Hindu pantheon,There is a legend that says high in the Himalayas at Gosaikunda, Shiva drove his trident into the ground to make three springs  the wellspring of the waterway and thus its name Trisuli. In the Tibetan name, the addition Tsangpo indicates a stream spilling out of or through Tsang, i.e. Tibet west of Lhasa.).The westernmost parts of Tsang area are generally known as Lato, the good country district of Tibet. North Lato contains the upper ranges of the Yarlung Tsangpo and Raga Tsangpo. South Lato contains the upper ranges of Bum-chu, Matsang Tsangpo and Kyirong Tsangpo.The Kyirong canyon and valley structure one of Tibet's most beautiful elevated areas. Dzongka, the capital of Kyriong County ignores the conjunction of the Kyirong Tsangpo and its fundamental tributary, the Zarong-chu. The Kyirong gorge opens out at Ragma (3000 m).From there on, it courses through Nepal and joins at Devghat the Narayani River, which at a lower stage streams into India and joins the Ganges.

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