Are the sources of Ganges River and Mekong River located in Indian or Chinese territory?
Mekong River: The river’s source, and therefore its exact length, is uncertain, due to the existence of several tributaries in an inaccessible environment. Chinese researchers believe that the source is located in the Jifu Mountains in Zaduo (杂多) County, Yushu (玉樹) Tibet Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China’s Qinghai Province, which is some 5,200 meters above sea level. An earlier expedition, led by Michel Peissel, placed the source at the head of the Rupsa-La pass (further west, at an altitude of 4975 meters). Figures for the river’s total length therefore vary between 4350 and 4909 km. Approximately half the river’s length is in China, where it is called the Dza Chu in Tibetan in its upper course in Tibet (Chinese: 扎曲; pinyin: Zá Qū), and more generally the Lancang in Chinese (Simplified Chinese: 澜沧江, Traditional Chinese: 瀾滄江; pinyin: Láncāng Jiāng), meaning the “turbulent river”. Much of this stretch consists of deep gorges, and the river leaves China at an altitude of only 500
