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River sections of the Yangtze
This is a table of the names of the different river sections of the Yangtze, which will be used to partition the tributaries into sections.
| Number | Section name | Chinese name | Start | End | Length | Provinces |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | Tuotuo River (West Source) | 沱沱河 | Source (Tanggula Mountains) | Confluence with Dangqu River | 358 km | Qinghai |
| 1b | Dangqu River (South Source) | 当曲 | Source (Tanggula Mountains) | Confluence with Tuotuo River | 360 km | Qinghai |
| 1c | Chumar River [zh] (North Source) | 楚玛尔河 | Source (Hoh Xil Mountains) | Confluence with Tongtian River | 530 km | Qinghai |
| 2 | Tongtian River | 通天河 | Confluence with Dangqu River | Confluence with Batang River, Yushu | 813 km | Qinghai |
| 3 | Jinsha River | 金沙江 | Yushu | Yibin, Sichuan | 2,520 km | Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan |
| 4 | Sichuan River | 川江 | Yibin, Sichuan | Zhicheng, Yichang, Hubei | ~ 1,100 km | Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei |
| 5 | Jing River | 荆江 | Zhicheng, Yichang, Hubei | Discharge from Dongting Lake at Chenglingji, Yueyang, Hunan | ~ 410 km | Hubei, Hunan |
| 6 | Chu River | 楚江 | Chenglingji, Yueyang, Hunan | Discharge from Poyang Lake at Hukou, Jiujiang, Jiangxi | 547 km | Hubei, Jiangxi |
| 7 | Wan River | 皖江 | Hukou, Jiujiang, Jiangxi | Nanjing, Jiangsu | ~ 430 km | Anhui, Jiangsu |
| 8 | Yangtze River | 扬子江 | Nanjing, Jiangsu | Drainage into East China Sea, Shanghai (Yangtze Delta) | ~ 380 km | Jiangsu, Shanghai |
| Full | Yangtze (Changjiang) | 长江 | Tuotuo River Source (West Source) | Drainage into East China Sea, Shanghai | ~ 6,300 km | Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai |
List of Major Primary Tributaries of the Yangtze
| Name | Chinese Name | Section No. | Source | Place of Confluence | Length | Area of Drainage | Side | Provinces |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buqu River [zh] | 布曲 | 1b | Source (Tanggula Mountains) | Tanggulashan, Haixi, Qinghai | 242 km | 14,083 km | Left | Qinghai |
| Yalong River | 雅砻江 | 3 | Bayan Har Mountains, Chindu County, Qinghai | Panzhihua, Sichuan | 1,323 km | 128,444 km | Left | Qinghai, Sichuan |
| Pudu River | 普渡河 | 3 | Dian Lake, Kunming, Yunnan | Luquan County, Kunming, Yunnan | 294 km | 11,089 km | Right | Yunnan |
| Niulan River [zh] | 牛栏江 | 3 | Xundian Hui and Yi Autonomous County, Kunming, Yunnan | Zhaoyang District, Zhaotong, Yunnan | 461 km | 13,787 km | Right | Yunnan |
| Min River (Sichuan) | 岷江 | 4 | Min Mountains, Songpan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | Yibin, Sichuan | 735 km | 133,000 km | Left | Sichuan |