The Imja Khola () is a tributary of the

Dudh Kosi Dudh Koshi (दुधकोशी नदी, ''Milk-Koshi River'') is a river in eastern Nepal. It is the highest river in terms of elevation. Dudh Koshi originates from the glacier lakes at the height of 5,100 meters above sea level and meets Sapt ...

river in eastern

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. It drains the slopes of

Mount Everest Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...

. The

Khumbu Glacier The Khumbu Glacier () is located in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal between Mount Everest and the Lhotse- Nuptse ridge. With elevations of at its terminus to at its source, it is the world's highest glacier. The Khumbu Glacier is follo ...

melts into the Lobujya (

Lobuche Lobuche (also spelt Lobuje) is a Nepalese mountain which lies close to the Khumbu Glacier and the settlement of Lobuche. There are two main peaks, Lobuche East and Lobuche West. A permit to climb the mountain is required from the Nepal Mount ...

) River, which flows southward as the Imja Khola to its confluence with the Dudh Kosi at

Tengboche Tengboche (or Thyangboche) is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality in the Khumbu subregion of Province No. 1 in Nepal, located at . Within the village is an important Buddhist monastery, Tengboche Monastery, which is the largest gomp ...

. The Imja Khola collects water from the Imja Glacier through the Dingboche Valley.

River course

The river rises in the lake Imja Tsho, which is mainly formed by the waters of the Imja Glacier, it flows in the direction southwest through the village of

Dingboche Dingboche is a Sherpa village at an elevation of in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal. Its population was estimated at approximately 200 in 2011. Transport Coming from Namche Bazaar or Tengboche, Dingboche is the better alternative tha ...

, then it merges with the river Lobuche, which flows south from the

, then flows southward to its confluence with the Dudh Kosi near the village of

Trekking

The Imja Khola is on the

trekking Backpacking is the outdoor recreation of carrying gear on one's back while hiking for more than a day. It is often an extended journey and may involve camping outdoors. In North America, tenting is common, where simple shelters and mountain hu ...

route in the Everest base camp region, between Thyangboche and

at . During the Everest Base Camp Trek, trekkers cross a suspension bridge, over the Imja Khola, moving towards the village of Dingboche. Dingboche, the 'Summer Valley; of the Khumbu has a kilometer-long wall built to protect the village's crops from the cold winds that descends down the Imja Valley. There is a monastery at Pangboche at . The trek is through a

Rhododendron ''Rhododendron'' (; : ''rhododendra'') is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the Ericaceae, heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are native to eastern Asia and the Himalayan ...

forest. It is also on the trekking route to Chukhung and the

Imja Tse Imja Tse, better known as Island Peak, is a mountain in Sagarmatha National Park in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal. The peak was named Island Peak in 1953 by members of the British Mount Everest expedition because it appears as an island in a sea ...

or Island peak.

References

External links

* Video of
bridge over Imja Khola
* Pictures of
hike up the Imja Khola valley
* Map of
Map of Imja Tse
{{Kosi basin Rivers of Koshi Province