SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Tibet is the water tower of Asia and rivers originating in Tibet flow into various regions in Asia. The Mekong, the Yellow river, the Yangthze, the Yarlung Tsampo (Brahmaputra), the Indus and the Karnali all originate on the Tibetan plateau and support hundreds of millions of people downstream.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Nu River, the Lancang, and the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze River) run through the Hengduan Mountains within Yunnan Province and flow hundreds of kilometers in parallel without crossing each other. This natural wonder is known as the Three Parallel Rivers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two great rivers run through China Proper: the Yellow River in the north, and the Yangtze (or Yangzi ) River to the south. In fact, most of China Proper belongs to the drainage-basins of these two rivers. Both originate to the far west in the Tibetan Plateau.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Yarlung Tsangpo, also called Yarlung Zangbo (Tibetan: , Wylie: yar kLungs gTsang po, ZYPY: 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.