Gyirong Port was a Chinese land port and border crossing on the China–Nepal border. The port complex stood at Resuo, in Gyirong County in the Tibet Autonomous Region, opposite Rasuwagadhi in Nepal. Th
Gyirong Port in August 2019, viewed from the Nepali side of the Resuo Bridge
Under construction in 2013
On the morning of 26 August 2026, a series of flash floods destroyed the Gyirong checkpoint on the China–Nepal border and struck dozens of settlements along a 72 km stretch of the Trishuli River in Ne
Gyirong Port
…China National Highway 216 with Nepal's National Highway 42. The crossing bridge, border checkpoint and other port buildings were destroyed during the 2026 Nepal floods. Road traffic crossed the border over the 110-metre (360 ft) Nepal–China Friendship Bridge, which opened in June 2019 after its predecessor was damaged…
Trishuli Valley in Rasuwa District
Trishuli River (left) and the Lhende Khola (right) in 2013
A glacier collapse on the north face of Langtang Lirung, a mountain in Langtang National Park, Nepal, is widely thought to be the proximate cause of the floods (view from south-east).