Trishuli River

Trishuli River (Kyirong Tsangpo)
Trisuli River in Rasuwa
Basin features
Main source	Gosaikunda, Rasuwa, Nepal
River mouth	Narayani River
River system	Narayani River
Tributaries	Right: Zarong-chu

The Trishuli River (Nepali: त्रिशूली नदी; simplified Chinese: 特耳苏里河; traditional Chinese: 特耳蘇里河; pinyin: Tè'ěrsūlǐ Hé) is a trans-boundary river and is one of the major tributaries of the Narayani River basin in central Nepal. It originates in Tibet Autonomous Region of China where it is called Kirong Tsangpo (Tibetan: སྐྱིད་གྲོང་གཙང་པོ།, Wylie: skyid grong gtsang po, THL: Kyirong Tsangpo; Chinese: 古隆藏布; pinyin: Gǔlóng Zàngbù).

The Trishuli is named after the trishula or trident of Shiva, a powerful god in the Hindu pantheon, There is a legend that says high in the Himalayas at Gosaikunda, Shiva drove his trident into the ground to create three springs – the source of the river and hence its name Trisuli. In the Tibetan name, the suffix Tsangpo denotes a river flowing from or through Tsang, i.e. Tibet west of Lhasa.