Evidence for Holocene megafloods down the Tsangpo River gorge, southeastern Tibet
that impounded the lakes would have released outburst floods down the gorge of the Tsangpo River with big peak discharges. The erosive potential represented by the unit stream power calculated for the head of the gorge during such a catastrophic lake breakout
indicates that post-glacial megafloods down the Tsangpo River were likely among the most erosive events in recent Earth history.