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Bailong River

The 685th longest river in the world

576 km

The Bailong River (pinyin: Báilóng Jiāng, lit. 'White Dragon River') or Khuchu, Drukchu (Tibetan, Wylie: vbrug chu, ZWPY: Zhugqu) is a 576 km-long river in the Yangtze River basin. From its source to confluence with the Jialing River, the Bailong is actually longer and is thus the main stem of the Jialing River system. The scenic Jiuzhaigou reserve is found along one of the Bailong's tributaries. Two reservoirs have been constructed in Wen County (Bikou Dam). The reservoirs serve to provide hydroelectricity, aquaculture, flood control, irrigation and for tourism development.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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