Pasho County or
Baxoi County (; }) is a
county
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under the administration of
Chamdo Prefecture
Chamdo, officially Qamdo () and also known in Chinese as Changdu, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its seat is the town of Chengguan in Karuo District. Chamdo is Tibet's third largest city ...
in the
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a Provinces of China, province-level Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China in Southwest China. I ...
. The county seat is at Pema (), which is also called the Pasho Town. The county population is 35,273 (1999). It contains the
Pomda Monastery and
Rakwa Tso
Rakwa Tso (; ), also known as Rawu Tso or Ranwu Lake, is a lake in Baxoi County, Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, to the north of Arza Gongla Glacier, and to the south of Ngagung Tso. The lake covers an area of , and has an ele ...
lake.
Geography
The Pasho County contains the
Brahmaputra
The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. It ...
–
Salween
, ''Mae Nam Salawin'' (
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water divide. The Ngajuk La pass () is on the divide. To the north, Ling Chu flows north and east draning into Salween. To the south,
Parlung Tsangpo
Parlung Tsangpo or Parlung Zangbo (; ), also known as Palongzangbu River, is a river in Nyingchi, Tibet, China. It is the largest tributary on the left side of Yarlung Tsangpo. Its source is the Arza Gongla Glacier, at an elevation of 4900m. It fi ...
flows south and west to drain into the
Tsangpo River
The Yarlung Tsangpo, also called Yarlung Zangbo () is the upper stream of the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is the longest river of Tibet and the fifth longest in China. The upper section is also called D ...
(the Tibetan section of Brahmaputra).
Climate
Transport
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China National Highway 318
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Maps
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Notes
References
Bibliography
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External links
Pasho County OpenStreetMap, retrieved 12 October 2022.
Ling Chu basin OpenStreetMap, retrieved 12 October 2022.
Counties of Tibet
Chamdo
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