3,292 km (2,046 mi) total length including Tongtian River
Basin size
485,000 km2 (187,000 sq mi)approx.
Discharge
• average
4,471 m3/s (157,900 cu ft/s)
• maximum
35,000 m3/s (1,200,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression
Yangtze → East China Sea
River system
Yangtze River basin
Tributaries
• left
Beilu River, Yalong River
• right
Pudu River, Dadan River, Xiaojiang River, Niulan River
The Jinsha River (Chinese: 金沙江; pinyin: Jīnshājiāng; lit. 'Gold Sand River',[1] Tibetan: Dri Chu, འབྲི་ཆུ, Yi: ꀉꉷꏁꒉ, romanized: Axhuo Shyxyy) or Lu river, is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River. It flows through the provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan in western China. The river passes through Tiger Leaping Gorge.
It is sometimes grouped together with the Lancang (upper Mekong) and Nu (upper Salween) as the Sanjiang ("Three Rivers") area,[2] part of which makes up the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas.
The river is important in generating hydroelectric power, and several of the world's largest hydroelectric power stations are on the Jinsha river.
^ abLittle, Archibald. The Far East, p. 63. 1905. Reprint: Cambridge Univ. Press (Cambridge), 2010. Accessed 13 August 2013.
^E.g., in the "Annual Report of the Chinese Academy of Geological Research", p. 24. Geological Publishing House, 1994.
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above the left bank of the Jinsha (Upper Yangtze) River, opposite the Wulian Feng in Yunnan Province. This part of the JinshaRiver is the last portion to...
pushed back to the other side of the Jinshariver. Ma and Liu warned Tibetan officials not to dare cross the Jinshariver again. Ma Bufang defeated the Tibetans...
most of the bridges under construction are also in China. Sources: Sidu River Bridge (China). Opened in 2009, it is the highest suspension bridge in the...
Southwestern China occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau between the JinshaRiver on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north and the Yungui Plateau to...
the Sichuan–Shaanxi border. 29 April–8 May: The First Army crosses the JinshaRiver, the upper stetches of the Yangtze. 22 May: The Red Army forms an alliance...
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Xianshui River confluence 2021 Xiaowan Dam 292 m (958 ft) Concrete arch China Lancang 2010 Baihetan Dam 289 m (948 ft) Concrete arch China JinshaRiver 2021...
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Jinsha (Chinese: 金沙; pinyin: Jīnshā) is a Chinese archaeological site located in the Qingyang District of Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan Province...
of the Chinese Government is that Sneddon died after falling into the JinshaRiver, which passes through Tiger Leaping Gorge, although no body has ever...
towers 3,500 metres above the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, also known as the JinshaRiver. The summit of the mountain is a popular destination for...
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