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Yalong River

The 133rd longest river in the world

1,323 km

The Yalong River (p Yǎlóngjiāng, w Ya-lung Chiang, IPA [jàlʊ̌ŋ tɕjàŋ]), or Nyag Chu (Tibetan, z Nyag Qu), is a major tributary river of the Yangtze River in Southwest China. With a length of 1,597 km (992 mi), the Yalong River flows from north to south through the Hengduan Mountains in western Sichuan Province.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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