Maquan
Maquan is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index, part of the Damqogkanbab system. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- System
- Damqogkanbab
- Coordinates
- 29.33°, 85.16°
About Maquan
Maquan River (Chinese: 马泉河) or Dangque Zangbu (Tibetan: རྟ་མཆོག་གཙང་པོ; lit. 'horse river'; Chinese: 当却藏布) is the upper section of Yarlung Tsangpo. It is located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, in the southwestern part of the country, about 670 km (416 mi) west of the regional capital Lhasa.
The average annual rainfall is 561 mm (22.1 in). The rainiest month is July, with an average of 123 mm (4.8 in) rainfall, and the driest is April, with 14 mm (0.55 in) precipitation.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Maquan River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Maquan: Quick Answers
- Where is Maquan?
- Maquan is located in China, at 29.3256° N, 85.1649° E.
- Are there dams on the Maquan?
- No dam on the Maquan is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.
- Which river system is the Maquan part of?
- The Maquan is part of the Damqogkanbab system.