River
Ha Chhu
29 km from source to mouth · Bhutan.
Bhutan3rd longest in Bhutan
In numbers
Length
29km
Average flow
17m³/s
Basin
776km²
Drop
926m
from 2,923 m to 1,997 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
29 km of river and 1 stops on the way: 1 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 2,923 m
- 11 kmHa1,449 people
- 52 kmMouthat 1,997 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Bhutan
At the mouth it carries 17 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 147 seconds. It drops from 2,923 m to 1,997 m, 32 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 776 km².
Where to start
- HaLargest city on its banks · 1,449 people
- Paro International Airport (PBH)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 14 km from the cityCar hire at PBH airport (Paro)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Ha Chhu in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
In the same basin
India2,525 km12,000 m³/sBrahmaputra RiverIndia2,900 km19,500 m³/sYamunaIndia1,376 km3,500 m³/sPadma River
Bangladesh120 km32,000 m³/sGandaki RiverIndia630 km1,800 m³/sChambal RiverIndia960 km600 m³/sJamuna RiverBangladesh245 km20,100 m³/sGhaghara RiverIndia1,080 km3,300 m³/sTeesta RiverBangladesh470 km1,300 m³/sGomti RiverIndia900 km230 m³/sNearby
Rivers nearby
Bhutan80 km32 m³/s10 km awaySankosh RiverIndia320 km5,400 m³/s138 km awayManas RiverIndia400 km500 m³/s161 km awayBrahmaputra RiverIndia2,900 km19,500 m³/s247 km awayTeesta RiverBangladesh470 km1,300 m³/s192 km awayKuri ChhuBhutan257 km150 m³/s171 km awayArun River
China530 km1,300 m³/s235 km awayKosi RiverIndia729 km2,300 m³/s299 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q5636418) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every source and licence is on the data sources page.
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