Reting Tsangpo

Reting Tsangpo
Landscape near the Reting Monastery
Lhasa prefecture-level city. Reting Tsangpo from the east joins other rivers at the Pangduo Dam to form the Lhasa River.
Location
CountryTibet
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • elevation5,500 m (18,000 ft)
Mouth 
 • coordinates
30°11′30″N 91°20′40″E / 30.191622°N 91.344371°E / 30.191622; 91.344371
 • elevation
4,080 m (13,390 ft)
Basin features
River systemBrahmaputra River

The Reting Tsangpo (Chinese: 热振河; pinyin: rè zhèn hé) is a river in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is the main headwater of the Lhasa River. The river flows past Reting Monastery, founded in 1056. The terrain is geologically complex, with deeply eroded and faulted rocks that reflect the results of the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate.