List of rivers of China
Appearance
The following is a list of rivers in China, by where they flow into:
Arabian Sea
[change | change source]- Indus (印度河)
Bay of Bengal
[change | change source]- Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) (雅鲁藏布江) (joins the Ganges) [1]
Andaman Sea
[change | change source]- Salween (萨尔温江 or 怒江)
South China Sea
[change | change source]- Mekong (湄公河)
- Red River (Vietnam) (红河, a.k.a. 元江)
- Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) (珠江)
Taiwan Strait
[change | change source]- Min (Fujian) (闽江)
East China Sea
[change | change source]- Qiantang River, Qian River (钱塘江 or 钱江, upper reach known as 新安江)
- Huangpu River (黃浦江)
- Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) (长江, upper reach known as 金沙江)
- Yalong River (雅砻江)
- Min (Sichuan) (岷江)
- Wu (乌江)
- Jialing (嘉陵江)
- Xiang (湘江)
- Lishui (Li) (澧水)
- Yuanjiang (Yuan) (沅江)
- Wu River (巫水)
- Zijiang (Zi) (资江)
- Hanshui (汉江 or 汉水)
- Gan (赣江)
- Zhang (章江)
- Gongshui (貢水)
- Mei (梅河)
- Xiang (Jiangxi) (湘水)
Yellow Sea
[change | change source]Bohai Sea
[change | change source]- Wei (潍河)
- Xiaoqing (小清河, formerly known as 济河)
- Yellow River (Huang He) (黃河)
- Hai (海河)
- Luan (滦河)
- Liao (辽河)
Sea of Japan
[change | change source]- Tumen River (图们江)
- Heilong Jiang (Heilongjiang) (黑龙江)
- Songhua River (松花江)
Arctic Ocean
[change | change source]- Irtysh (额尔齐斯河) - Gulf of Ob (joins Ob River)
Canals
[change | change source]- Grand Canal of China (大运河)
Rivers that do not flow into any larger body of water
[change | change source]- Muzat River - tributary of the Tarim River
- Tarim River - ends in the Taklamakan Desert
- Ili river - ends in Lake Balkhash
- Karakash (Black Jade River) (黑玉江) - ends in the Taklamakan Desert
- Yurungkash (White Jade River) (白玉江) - ends in the Taklamakan Desert
References
[change | change source]- ↑ The Yarlung Tsangpo River flows entirely through Tibet (currently under Chinese administration) and the Indian subcontinent.