Southern Tibet : vol.4 / Page 498 (Color Image)

0498	Southern Tibet : vol.4

To the S. E. and south, is the range we would have to cross the next day in
*Sangchen-la*. The river bed we had followed during the day's march, certainly came
from the valley opening out from the east, and partly visible to the S. 82° E. on
the panorama. This river, which had been called *Sangchen-gi-chu* by some nomads
and *Sangchen-di-chu* by others, is certainly fed by the peaks with eternal snow
situated south of *Sha-kangsham*, and visible to the N. 88° E. and east on the panorama.
This river would thus play the same hydrographical part as the *Kangsham-tsangpo*,
though it is much smaller than it. In how far it is a tributary of the latter or flows
to another self-contained basin, is, as yet, unknown. So much is sure, that the part
of Tibet where we were now travelling from north to south, is, on the whole, sloping
to the west as is proved both by the direction of the river courses and by the fact
that we have high mountains with eternal snow to the east, and low depressions,
such as *Lakor-tso*, to the west.

*March 25th*, was given up to rest. The minimum temperature was down at
—17.8°; the S. W. wind was fresh but not strong. At noon nearly half the sky
was overclouded; the evening was clear. Three tents were found, each in a little
valley south of the camp.

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