Sengge Zangbo,
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]
Sengge Khabab () or Shiquan He () is a river in the
Ngari Prefecture
Ngari Prefecture () or Ali Prefecture ( zh, s=阿里地区 , t=阿里地區 , p=Ālǐ Dìqū) is a prefecture of China's Tibet Autonomous Region covering Western Tibet, whose traditional name is Ngari Khorsum. Its administrative centre and large ...
in the
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ...
,
China
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that is the
source stream of the
Indus River
The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayas, Himalayan river of South Asia, South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in the Western Tibet region of China, flows northw ...
, one of the major trans-Himalayan rivers of Central and
South Asia
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. The river rises in the mountain springs north of the
Manasarovar lake,
[
] and downstream joins the
Gar Tsangpo river near the village of
Tashigang. Although it is thereafter called the Indus internationally, the Tibetans continue to regard the combined river to be Sênggê Zangbo as it flows into Ladakh.
The town of
Shiquanhe
Shiquanhe (), known in Tibetan as Sênggêkanbab () or Sênggêzangbo, is the main town (China), town and administrative seat of Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Shiquanhe is located on the bank of Sênggê Zangbo, the river sour ...
, the administrative headquarters of the
Ngari Prefecture
Ngari Prefecture () or Ali Prefecture ( zh, s=阿里地区 , t=阿里地區 , p=Ālǐ Dìqū) is a prefecture of China's Tibet Autonomous Region covering Western Tibet, whose traditional name is Ngari Khorsum. Its administrative centre and large ...
, is located in the lower valley of Sengge Zangbo, and is named after the river.

The Sengge Zangbo drains an area of , and covers a length of . Main tributaries include
Gar Tsangpo. Other tributaries include the Langqu River, the Chizuo Tsangpo River, and the Charinongqu River.
References
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External links
Sengge river basin OpenStreetMap, retrieved 11 September 2021.
Rivers of Tibet
Tributaries of the Indus River
Indus basin
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