Lohit River

Lohit River
Zayü River
Lohit River; Zayü River
	Lohit river in Arunachal Pradesh
	Lohit River basin
	Mouth of Lohit River Lohit River (India) Lohit River (Asia)
Location
Country	China, India
Province	Tibet, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
Physical characteristics
Source	Kangri Karpo
• location	Tibet, Zayu County, China
• coordinates	29.1629°N 97.0837°E
• elevation	5,200 m (17,100 ft)
2nd source	Kangri Karpo
• location	Tibet, Zayu County, China
• coordinates	29.463°N 97.1366°E
Mouth	Siang (Brahmaputra)
• location	Assam
• coordinates	27°48′N 95°28′E
• elevation	108 m (354 ft)
Length	560 km (350 mi)
Basin size	41,499 km2 (16,023 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Confluence of Brahmaputra River, Assam, India
• average	3,437.9 m3/s (121,410 cu ft/s)
Discharge
• location	Demwe Lower hydroelectric plant (basin size: 20,174 km2 (7,789 sq mi)), Arunachal Pradesh, India
• average	(Period: 1984/85-2003/04)1,234 m3/s (43,600 cu ft/s)
• minimum	263 m3/s (9,300 cu ft/s)
• maximum	4,273 m3/s (150,900 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system	Brahmaputra River
Tributaries
• left	Zuao, Gholum, Lati, Noa Dihang
• right	Dav, Delai, Tiding, Dibang

The Lohit River, which name came from the Assamese word Lohit meaning blood, also known as the Zayul Chu by the Tibetans and Tellu by the Mishmis, is a river in China and India, which joins the Brahmaputra River in the state of Assam. It is formed in the Zayul County of the Tibet Autonomous Region, through a merger of two rivers: the Kangri Karpo Chu (also called Rongto Chu and Zayul Ngu Chu), which originates in the Kangri Karpo range, and Zayul Chu (Chinese: 察隅河; pinyin: Cháyú Hé), which originates to its northeast. The two rivers merge below the town of Rima. The combined river descends through this mountainous region and surges through Arunachal Pradesh in India for 200 kilometres (120 mi) before entering the plains of Assam where it is known as the Lohit River. Tempestuous and turbulent, and known as the river of blood partly attributable to the lateritic soil, it flows through the Mishmi Hills, to meet the Siang (Brahmaputra) at the head of the Brahmaputra valley.

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