The Pengbo River is a tributary of the

Lhasa River The Lhasa River, also called Kyi Chu (, ), is a northern tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in the south of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The Yarlung Tsangpo is the upper section of the Brahmaputra River. The Lhasa River is subject to ...

that runs through the western part of

Lhünzhub County Lhünzhub County, also called Lhundrub or Linzhou County, is a county in Lhasa towards the north-east of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet, China. It covers an area of and as of 2000 had a population of 50,895 people, almost all classified a ...

, Lhasa municipality, Tibet, China.

Location

The Pengbo River is one of the main tributaries of the Lhasa River, located in Lhünzhub County. The river valley holds the

Hutoushan Reservoir Hutoushan Reservoir (, ''Hutoushan Shuiku'') is a man made reservoir in Lhünzhub County, Tibet, to the north of the city of Lhasa. It is an important wintering place for black-necked cranes and other migratory birds. Location The reservoir lies ...

, the largest reservoir in Tibet, with total storage of .

Environment

There are three natural forests in the river basin. A 2013 report said that although the Lhasa Municipal Forestry Bureau was undertaking an extensive afforestation program, half of the seedlings planted along the Peng Po river died in the dry season due to sandy soil and lack of water. The valley is home to

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s, who spend their nights on

during the winter, foraging in the farmland in the day. A protected area of has been established for the black-necked cranes. In 1996 there were about 4,000 of the birds, most of whom spent their winters in the valleys of the

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, Lhasa and Pengbo rivers and the middle reaches of the

Yarlung Tsangpo 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 Dan ...

Irrigation

The river basin contains of farmland, of which could be irrigated. The Pengbo Basin receives less than of precipitation annually. A 1995 report concluded that water deficiency in the Pengbo basin was very high, particularly during the growing season from March to May, and was expected to become worse. The report recommended building a canal from Zhikong, running along the right bank of the Lhasa River for to transfer water to the Pengbo basin for irrigation of . In 2013 a spokesman for the Lhasa City Water Conservancy Bureau said the Peng Po Northern Irrigation canal project would be started that year.

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