Yalong River

For the river in Tibet, see Yarlung Zangbo River.

Yalong River
River
Country	China

Tributaries
- right	Muli


Source	Bayan Har Mountains
Mouth	Yangtze River
- location	Panzhihua, Sichuan

Length	1,323 km (822 mi)

Map of the Yalong River drainage basin

The Yalong River (Chinese: 雅砻江, p Yǎlóngjiāng, w Ya-lung Chiang) or Nyag Chu (Tibetan: ཉག་ཆུ་, z Nyag Qu) is an 822-mile (1,323 km) long river in Sichuan province in southwestern China. It is a tributary of the Yangtze River. Its source is on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau in southeast Qinghai, and its confluence with the Yangtze is in Panzhihua in southwestern Sichuan.

Dams

The Yalong is being heavily developed, primarily for hydroelectric power. A total of 23 dams are completed, under construction or planned for the river. Those dams are listed below from downstream to upstream.^[1]^[2]

Tongzilin Dam – Under construction, 600 MW
Ertan Dam – Completed, 3,300 MW
Guandi Dam – Completed, 2,400 MW
Jinping 2 Dam – Completed, 4,400 MW
Jinping 1 Dam – Completed, 1,200 MW
Kala Dam – Programmed, 1,060 MW
Yangfanggou Dam – Programmed, 2,200 MW
Mengdigou Dam – Programmed, 1,700 MW
Lenggu Dam – Planned, 2,300 MW
Yagen Dam – Programmed, 1,500 MW
Lianghekou Dam – Under construction, 3,000 MW
Gongbagou Dam – Planned, 500 MW
Gongke Dam – Planned, 400 MW
Xinlong Dam – Planned, 500 MW
Yingda Dam – Planned, 500 MW
Tongha Dam – Planned, 200 MW
Geni Dam – Planned, 200 MW
Ada Dam – Planned, 250 MW
Reba Dam – Planned, 250 MW
Renqingling Dam – Planned, 300 MW
Wenbosi Dam – Planned, 150 MW
Danikanduo Dam – Planned, 7.2 MW
Yangri Dam – Planned, 1 MW

Notes

↑ Dong, Luan. "INTERACTIVE: Mapping China’s "Dam Rush"". Wilson Center. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
↑ "The Last Report on China's Rivers". China's Rivers Report. March 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.

References

"Yalong River." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. 16 July 2005 <http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article?tocId=9383068>.

External links

"Ya-lung-kiang". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

Coordinates: 26°36′20″N 101°48′04″E / 26.6056°N 101.801°E / 26.6056; 101.801

Major rivers of China

Yangtze River system	Yalong River Min River Dadu River Qingyi River Tuo River Jialing River Fu River Qu River Wu River Hanshui River Qing River Chishui River Xiao River Xiang River Zi River Yuan River Lishui River Gan River Fu River Xin River Qingyi Jiang Qinhuai River Huangpu River

Yellow River system	Black River Daxia River Tao River Qingshui River Wuding River Fen River Wei River Jing River Luo River (Henan) Luo River (Shaanxi) Qin River

Pearl River system	North River East River Han River Mei River Ting River West River Yujiang River Yong River Xun River Qian River Hongshui River Nanpan River Beipan River Rong River Gui River

Heilong River system	Songhua River 2nd Songhua River Nen River Mudan River Ussuri River Argun River

Huai River system	Guo River Ying River Shiguan River

Other major rivers	Hai River Chaobai River Yongding River Hutuo River Liao River Tarim River Karatash River Ili River Shule River Tumen River Yalu River Luan River Red River Minjiang River Longjiang River Lancang River Beilun River Nu River Lion Spring River Elephant Spring River Yarlung Tsangpo River (Horse Spring River) Nyang River Subansiri River Irtysh River

Major canals	Grand Canal of China Lingqu Canal North Jiangsu Main Irrigation Canal

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