Kham

Kham (Tib. ཁམས་, Wyl. khams), often translated as Eastern Tibet, is one of the three main provinces of Tibet (the others being Ü-Tsang and Amdo).

Four Rivers & Six Ranges

Traditionally, Kham is said to cover the area known as the 'four rivers and six ranges' (Tib. ཆུ་བཞི་སྒང་དྲུག་, chushyi gang druk). The 'four rivers' are the

• Manchu,
• Dzachu,
• Drichu, and
• Ngulchu.

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The 'six ranges' are the

• Zalmo Range (Tib. ཟལ་མོ་སྒང་, Wyl. zal mo sgang),
• Tsawa Range (Tib. ཚ་བ་སྒང་, Wyl. tsha ba sgang),
• Markham Range (Tib. སྨར་ཁམས་སྒང་, Wyl. smar khams sgang),
• Minyak-rab Range (Tib. མི་ཉག་རབ་སྒང་, Wyl. mi nyag rab sgang),
• Pobor Range (Tib. སྤོ་འབོར་སྒང་, Wyl. spo 'bor sgang), and
• Mardza Range (Tib. དམར་རྫ་སྒང་, Wyl. dmar rdza sgang).

External Links

• 'Kham Place Essay' from the Tibetan Renaissance Seminar; Contributors: Alison Melnick, Chelsea Hall.