Gar Tsangpo
Gar Tsangpo, also called Gartang or Gar River, is a headwater of the Indus River in the Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, China. It merges with other headwater, Sênggê Zangbo, near the village of Tashigang to form the Indus River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nicolai Bangsgaard, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Ngari, Tibet
- Also known as: “Ga’er Zangbu”, “Gar River”, “Gar Zangbo”, “Gartang”, “Gartang Tsangpo”, “Hsiang-ch’üan Ho”, “Ka-erh Ho”, “Ka-erh-ch’ü”, and “Ka-t’ang Ho”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tashigang.
Tashigang
Town
Zhaxigang Township is a township-level administrative unit under the jurisdiction of Gar County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. It has jurisdiction over Zhaxigang Village, Luma Village and Dianjiao Village.
Gar Tsangpo
- Categories: watercourse, river, and body of water
- Location: Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tibetan—“Gar Tsangpo” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gar Zangbo”
- Chinese: “噶尔藏布”
- Dutch: “Gar Tsangpo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جار تسانجبو”
- Japanese: “ガル川”
- Swedish: “Gar Zangbo”
- Tibetan: “Gar Zangbo”
- Tibetan: “སྒར་གཙང་པོ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Zhaxigang and Lumage.
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Highlights include Sengge Zangbo and Dijiu La.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gar Tsangpo”. Photo: Nicolai Bangsgaard, CC BY 2.0.