The Brahmaputra River is the longest plateau river in China, located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, and one of the highest rivers in the world. Originating from the Genma Yangzong Glacier in the northern foothills of the Himalayas in southwest Tibet, its upper reaches are called Maquan River. It traverses southern Tibet from west to east, bypassing the Namjagbarwa Peak at the easternmost tip of the Himalayas, turns south, and exits China via Paxika. It is rich in water energy reserves, second only to the Yangtze River in China. The Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon at the great bend of the Yarlung Zangbo River is the world's largest canyon. It has been certified by the China World Records Association as the world's deepest grand canyon and the world's largest grand canyon.

The Yarlung Zangbo River originates from the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. In Tibetan, "Yarlung" and "Yarlung" mean the same thing, which means coming from the sky, and Yarlung itself is also a place name, which is today's Shannan area of Tibet;" "Zangbu" means river. This river was eventually named "Yarlung Zangbo River", which is inseparable from the fact that the Xibuye tribe in the Yarlung area (the ancestors of Songtsen Gampo) finally unified the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This river flows through the main birthplace of Tibetan civilization and is regarded by Tibetans as the "cradle" and "mother river". It has a total length of 2,840 kilometers (including tributaries with a total length of 3,848 kilometers) and a drainage area of approximately 935,000 square kilometers, of which 2,057 kilometers are in China and the drainage area is 246,000 square kilometers. It is the sixth largest river in China in terms of length (after the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Heilongjiang, Songhua River and Pearl River), the largest river in Tibet, and the second largest river in India and Bangladesh in terms of water volume (after the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Heilongjiang, Songhua River and Pearl River). Ganges). Its upper reaches are the river with the highest altitude in the world and the river with the steepest slope in China.