Shiquan River

Shiquan River, also known as Senge Tibetan cloth, the upper reaches of the Indus. Flows through the northwest arid and arctic areas, originated in the north of Gangrenpoqi peak, the source of 5164 meters above sea level

Shiquan River, also known as Senge Tibetan cloth, the upper reaches of the Indus. Flows through the northwest arid and arctic areas, originated in the north of Gangrenpoqi peak, the source of 5164 meters above sea level, for the ice margin, downstream into the desert area. Through the leather Kyrgyzstan, Shiquan River town and other places, in the Zhaxi Gang and tributary of the Tibetan collection. Departure into Kashmir later called the Indus. Is the least rainfall in Tibet, the annual precipitation is only between 50-80 mm. Along the valley to wide valley terrain, there are swamp and hot spring distribution. Hot springs are mostly drenched in the igneous rock fissures, not only to the river, but also to improve the temperature of the river, so that some sections of the winter rarely frozen. Due to the arid zone, the Shiquan River system is not developed, the average runoff is only 25 mm, the annual runoff of about 700 million cubic meters, is the smallest river in Tibet outflows. Nevertheless, it is still a dry climate, fresh water scarlet plateau hinterland of valuable water.