Jinsha River
The 883rd longest river in the world
The Jinsha River (pinyin: Jīnshājiāng, lit. 'Gold Sand River', Tibetan: Dri Chu, Yi, Axhuo Shyxyy) 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, 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.
Flows through: People's Republic of China.
River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.