[1] Bhote koshi is the Nepalese name (Nepali: भोटे कोशी, romanized: Bhōṭē kōśī).

[9][10] The headwaters of the Poiqu and Bhote-Sun Koshi River are located at the Zhangzangbo Glacier in Tibet.

The ensuing debris flow destroyed bridges, and sections of both the Arniko and the Nepal–China highways.

[14] The river carves a steep and direct drop at the top that gradually eases to more placid streams and calmer pools with a 46-km run at the Lamosunga dam.

The rapids are class IV-V at high flow, and III at lower levels.