Yalong River

Yalong River

The Yalong River, also called Ya-lung River (zh-cp|c=雅砻江|p=Yǎ lóng jiāng, bo|t=ཉག་ཆུ་|w=nyag chu) is an 822 mile (1,323 kilometers) long river in the Sichuan province of southern China. It flows into the Yangtze River along the border with Yunnan. It is a tributary of the Yangtze River. It's source is on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau in southeast Qinghai, and its confluence with the Yangzte is in north central Yunnan.

A roadless section in the headwaters was north west of Ganzue was first explored by Chinese rafters in the late 1990's, and a roadless section in southwest Sichuan was first explored by American kayakers in 2006. See [http://www.shangri-la-river-expeditions.com/1stdes/yalong/yalongsummary.html Yalong first descents.]

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*"Yalong River." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service16 July 2005 .


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