Bhotekoshi River

Transcriptions
Matsang Tsangpo
Tibetan name
Tibetan	མ་གཙང་གཙང་པོ།
Wylie
Transcriptions
Wylie	ma gtsang gtsang po
THL	ma tsang tsang po
Tibetan Pinyin	Mazang Zangbo
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	麻章藏布
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Mázhāng cángbù

Transcriptions
Poiqu
Tibetan name
Tibetan	བོད་ཆུ
Literal meaning	river of Tibet
Wylie
Transcriptions
Wylie	bod chu
THL	bö chu
Tibetan Pinyin	Poi Qu
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	波曲
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bō qū

Bhote Koshi / Poiqu
Bhote Koshi / Poiqu
	Bhote Koshi near the Tibetan border during dry season
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Zhangzangbo Glacier, Tibet Autonomous Region
• elevation	8,012 m (26,286 ft)
Mouth
• location	Sun Kosi near Balephi, Sindhupalchowk, Nepal
• coordinates	27°43′58″N 85°46′47″E / 27.73278°N 85.77972°E
• elevation	640 m (2,100 ft)
Basin features
River system	Koshi River

Bhote Kosi

Traditional Chinese

波特科西

Simplified Chinese

波特科西

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bōtè Kēxī

Nepali name

Nepali

भोटे कोशी

Bhote Koshi in Nepal and Poiqu in Tibet (both names roughly mean "Tibetan river") is the name given to the upper course (main tributary) of the Sun Kosi river.^[2]^[3] It is part of the Koshi River system in Nepal.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Shrestha, A. B., Eriksson, M., Mool, P., Ghimire, P., Mishra, B., & Khanal, N. R. (2010). Glacial lake outburst flood risk assessment of Sun Koshi basin, Nepal. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk 1(2): 157–169.
^ Yamada, T; Sharma, C.K. (1993). "Glacier lakes and outburst floods in the Nepal Himalaya" (PDF). International Association of Hydrological Sciences. pp. 319–330. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ Su, Pengcheng; Liu, Jingjing; Li, Yong; Liu, Wei; Wang, Yang; Ma, Chun; Li, Qimin (11 November 2021). "Changes in glacial lakes in the Poiqu River basin in the central Himalayas". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 25 (11): 5879–5903. doi:10.5194/hess-25-5879-2021. eISSN 1607-7938. the Poiqu River (Bhote Koshi River), a tributary of the Sun Koshi River ... The Poiqu River (known as the Bhotekoshi River in Nepal) is the boundary river between China and Nepal

[Shrestha2010-1] Shrestha, A. B., Eriksson, M., Mool, P., Ghimire, P., Mishra, B., & Khanal, N. R. (2010). Glacial lake outburst flood risk assessment of Sun Koshi basin, Nepal. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk 1(2): 157–169.

[2] Yamada, T; Sharma, C.K. (1993). "Glacier lakes and outburst floods in the Nepal Himalaya" (PDF). International Association of Hydrological Sciences. pp. 319–330. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[su2021-3] Su, Pengcheng; Liu, Jingjing; Li, Yong; Liu, Wei; Wang, Yang; Ma, Chun; Li, Qimin (11 November 2021). "Changes in glacial lakes in the Poiqu River basin in the central Himalayas". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 25 (11): 5879–5903. doi:10.5194/hess-25-5879-2021. eISSN 1607-7938. the Poiqu River (Bhote Koshi River), a tributary of the Sun Koshi River ... The Poiqu River (known as the Bhotekoshi River in Nepal) is the boundary river between China and Nepal

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