| Parang River Pare Chu | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India, China |
| State | Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Tibet |
| District | Lahaul and Spiti district, Leh district, Zanda County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Baralacha range near Parang La |
| • location | Lahaul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh |
| • coordinates | 32°28′09″N 78°09′46″E / 32.4692°N 78.1628°E |
| • elevation | 18,000 ft (5,500 m) |
| Mouth | Spiti River |
• location | Near Sumdo, Himachal Pradesh |
• coordinates | 32°03′05″N 78°36′17″E / 32.05128°N 78.60485°E |
• elevation | 10,500 ft (3,200 m) |
| Length | 130 mi (210 km) approx. |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Sutlej River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Takling Nala, Chumur stream, Kyumsalung Panglung, Pangnang, Baglung, Sumkhel Chu |
| • right | Chepzilung |
The Parang River (Chinese: 帕里河; pinyin: Pà lǐ hé), also called Para River (Chinese: 巴拉河; pinyin: Bā lā hé) and Pare Chu (Chinese: 帕里曲; pinyin: Pà lǐ qū) is an upstream tributary of the Sutlej River, that originates in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and ends in Himachal Pradesh again, but flows through Ladakh and Tibet before doing so. The origin of the river is near the Parang La pass in the Spiti subdistrict. After its circuitous journey, it joins the Spiti River near Sumdo in Himachal Pradesh and the combined river then joins Sutlej.[1]
- ^ Howard, Development of the Boundary (2005), pp. 225–226: "... the Para River which, after passing through a small part of Tibet, later enters Spiti and joins the Spiti River."