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2020/12/19 18:28 New dam to be located at Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon (Taiwan News image) New dam to be located at Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon (Taiwan News image) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Following China s announcement that it plans to develop hydroelectricity in the lower Yarlung Tsangpo River as part of its 14th Five-Year Plan, India fears the issue will be weaponized by China, amid a border dispute. The Yarlung Tsangpo is the longest river in Tibet. It enters eastern India, where it is called the Brahmaputra, before flowing into the Indian Ocean through Bangladesh. The river contains a huge amount of hydropower, especially in its lower section. The 2-kilometer drop at Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon can provide almost 70 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of potential hydroelectricity, an energy scale three times greater than the Three Gorges Dam, according to China5e. ....
Dam over Yarlung Zangbo The Brahmaputra, a trans-boundary river flows within the Brahmaputra Sub-basin, which is part of the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin. Both the rivers discharge into the Bay of Bengal. The Brahmaputra and its major tributaries have a catchment area of 580000 sq. km according to a World Bank report. About 50% of the basin lies within the Chinese territory and 33.6 % lies within the Indian territory. The rest lies in Bhutan and Bangladesh. There are over eight sub-sub basins within Indian, Bhutan territories contributing a significant amount of water to the river. The surface run-off in the Brahmaputra varies from 3,244 m3/s in March (mostly due o glacial melt) to 44,752 m3 /s in July (due to the Indian Monsoon). The rain-fall within these eight sub-basins varies from 1000 to 4000 mm/year while the tributaries of Tsangpo River (Yarlung Zangbo, River Brahmaputra as it is known in Tibet), lying within the Tibetan plateau receives an annual rain-fall about 100-400 mm ....