- Jinsha River
Jinsha River (Chinese: 金沙江;
Pinyin : Jīnshā Jiāng) is the westernmost of the majorheadwater stream s of theYangtze River , southwesternChina .Its
headwater s rise in the Wulan and Kekexili ranges in westernQinghai province, to the south of theKunlun Mountains , and on the northern slope of theTanggula Mountains on the border of theTibet Autonomous Region .The three principal headwaters — the Chumaer, Muluwusu, and Akedamu rivers — join to form the
Tongtian River , which flows southeast to Zhimenda near the frontier betweenQinghai andSichuan provinces.As the Jinsha River, it then flows south through a deep gorge parallel to the similar gorges of the upper
Mekong and upperSalween rivers, from which it is separated by the Ningjing Mountains.It forms the western border of Sichuan for some 250 miles (400 km) and then flows into Yunnan province.
After a large, 200 miles (320 km) long loop to the north of Dali Baizu Autonomous Prefecture, the Jinsha swings northeast, forming the
Sichuan -Yunnan provincial boundary until it joins the Min River at Yibin in Sichuan to form the Yangtze.The upper course of the river falls about 14 feet per mile (2.7 metres per km).
Below Batang (Sichuan) the gradient gradually decreases to about 8 feet per mile (1.5 metres per km), but the Jinsha is unnavigable and in its upper course, through the
gorges , is more of an obstacle than an aid totransportation .ee also
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List of rivers in China References
*cite journal | last = Jun | first= Huang | authorlink= | coauthors=Zulin Zhang and Gang Yu | title=Occurrence of dissolved PAHs in the Jinsha River (Panzhihua)—upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Southwest China | journal =J. Environ. Monit. | volume = | issue =5 | pages = 604–09 | publisher = | location = | date =2003 | url=http://www.rsc.org/publishing/journals/EM/article.asp?doi=b210670a | doi =10.1039/b210670a
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