List of rivers of China

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This incomplete list of rivers that flow through China is organized according to the body of water into which each river empties, beginning with the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast, moving clockwise on a map and ending with the Arctic Ocean.

Sea of Okhotsk[]

Amur River basin

Sea of Japan[]

  • Suifen River (绥芬河) / Razdolnaya River (Russia)
  • Tumen River (图们江)

Bohai Sea[]

  • (鞍子河)
  • (复州河)
  • Daliao River (大辽河)
Liao River Basin
  • Liao (辽河)
  • Daling River (大凌河)
  • (烟台河)
  • (六股河)
  • (石河)
  • (狗河)
  • (大石河)
  • (九江河)
  • Dai River (戴河)
  • (洋河)
  • Luan (滦河)
  • Hai (海河)
Wei River Basin
    • Wei (潍河)
    • Zhang (漳河)
    • Yongding (永定河)
    • Daqing River (大清河)
    • Wei (卫河)
  • Tuhai River
Yellow River Basin
  • Yellow River (Huang He) (黃河)
    • (玉符河)
    • (北大沙河)
    • (南大沙河)
    • Dawen River(大汶河)[1]
      • (柳长河 or 流长河)
      • Yuejin River(跃进河)
      • (汇河)
        • Jinxian River(金线河)
        • (康王河)
      • Wu River(五河)
      • Beiquan River(北泉河)
      • Cao River(漕河)
      • Miaojia River(苗家河)
      • (柴汶河)
        • Yucun River(禹村河)
        • Guangming River(光明河)
        • Yangliu River(羊流河)
        • Xizhou River(西周河)
        • Pingyang River(平阳河)
        • Weishui River(渭水河)
      • Panwen River(泮汶河)
      • Zhitian River(芝田河)
      • Tao River(陶河)
      • (瀛汶河)
        • (石汶河)
      • (方下河)
      • Lianhua River(莲花河)
      • Lixin River(里辛河)
    • (金堤河)
      • (黄庄河)
    • Luo River (Henan) (洛河(南))
    • Yi River(伊河)
    • Qin River (沁河)
    • Wei (渭河)
    • Fen (汾河)
    • Yan River (延河)
    • Wuding River (无定河/無定河)
    • (窟野河)
    • (大黑河)
    • Qingshui River (清水河)
    • (祖厉河/祖厲河)
    • Tao River (洮河)
    • Daxia River (大夏河)
    • (湟水)
    • (白河)
  • Xiaoqing (小清河, formerly known as 济河)
    • (淄河)
      • (阳河)

Yellow Sea[]

Yalu River
Huai River basin
  • Northern Jiangsu Irrigation Channel
    • Hongze Lake(洪泽湖)
      • Huai (淮河)
        • Hui River (浍河)
        • Guo River (涡河)
        • Ying River (颍河) - also known as Shaying River (沙颖)
        • (小润河)
        • (谷河)
        • Shiguan (史灌河)
          • Guan River (灌河)
          • Hong River (洪河)
        • Huang River (潢河)
        • Lü River (闾河)
        • Ming River (明河)
        • You River (游河)
        • Yue River, Shaanxi

East China Sea[]

Gan River and Poyang Lake of Jiangxi
Han River Basin of Hubei, southern Shaanxi and southwestern Henan
Lake Dongting and the Lishui, Yuan, Zi, Xiang and Miluo Rivers of Hunan.
Wu River of Guizhou
Jialing River Basin of Chongqing, eastern Sichuan and southern Gansu
Min River of central Sichuan
Yalong River of western Sichuan and southern Qinghai
  • Yangtze River (Chang Jiang 长江; upper reach known as Jinsha Jiang 金沙江 and Tongtian River 通天河)
    • Huangpu River (黃浦江)
      • Suzhou Creek or Wusong River (苏州河, 吴淞江)
    • Xitiao River (西苕溪)
    • Grand Canal (大运河)
    • Qinhuai River
      • Gaoyou Lake (高邮湖)
        • Sanhe River (三河)
          • Hongze Lake
            • Huai River
    • Guxi River (姑溪河)
    • Yuxi River (裕溪河)
      • Lake Chao
      • Nanfei River(南淝河)
    • Qingyi River (青弋江)
      • Jingshan River (荆山河)
      • Daoni River (倒逆河)
      • Zhaxi River (渣溪河)
      • Machuan River (麻川河)
      • Taiping Lake (太平湖)
        • Sanxikou River (三溪口)
        • Qingxi River (清溪河)
        • Shuxi River (舒溪河)
    • Poyang Lake
      • Gan River (Jiangxi) (赣江)
      • Fuhe (抚河)
      • Xin (信江)
    • Fushui (富水)
    • She River (灄水)
    • Han River (汉江 or 汉水)
    • Lake Dongting
    • Qing River (清江)
    • Huangbo River (黄柏河)
    • Shennong Stream (神农溪)
    • Daning River(大宁河)
    • Modao Creek (磨刀溪)
    • Jialing (嘉陵江)
    • Longxi River (龙溪河)
    • Huaxi River (花溪河)
    • Qi River (綦江)
    • Sunxi River (笋溪河)
    • Wu River (Yangtze River tributary) (乌江)
    • Tuo River (沱江)
    • Chishui River (赤水河)
    • Min (Sichuan) (岷江)
    • Yalong River (雅砻江)
    • Pudu River
    • (硕多岗河)
  • Qiantang River (钱塘江) / Xin'an River (新安江)
    • Heng River (横江)
      • Longchuan River (龙川)
      • Fengxi River (丰溪河)
  • Cao'e River (曹娥江)
  • Yong River (甬江)
  • Jiao River (椒江)
  • Ou River (Zhejiang) (瓯江)
  • Mulan River (木蘭溪畔)

Taiwan Strait[]

  • Min (Fujian) (闽江)
  • Long (Fujian) (龙江)
  • :
    • Luo River (Fujian) (洛江)
    • Jin River (Fujian) (晋江)
  • Jiulong River (九龙江)

South China Sea[]

Pearl River Basin
Red River (Asia) watershed
Lancang (Mekong) River watershed
See also: Rivers of Hong Kong
  • Han (韩江)
  • Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) (珠江)
    • Dongjiang (Dong) (东江)
    • Liuxihe River
    • Beijiang (Bei) (北江)
    • Xinfeng River
    • Xijiang (Xi) (西江)
      • Guijiang (Gui) (桂江)
        • Lijiang (Li) (漓江)
      • Xunjiang (Xun) (浔江)
        • Qian (黔江)
        • Yujiang (Yu) (鬱江)
          • Yongjiang (Yong) (邕江)
            • Zuojiang (Zuo) (左江)
            • Youjiang (You) (右江)
  • Beilun River (北仑河)
  • Yuan River (元江) / (Red River)
  • Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
    • Lancang River (澜沧江) (Mekong)
  • Nanju River (南桔河)
  • Nanla River (南腊河)
  • Luosuo River (罗梭江)

From Hainan Island[]

Nandu River (map), Hainan Province

Andaman Sea[]

Nu (Salween) River
  • Nu River (怒江) / (Salween River)
    • (万马河)
    • (硔养河)
    • (勐波罗河)
    • (苏帕河)
    • (施甸河)
    • (罗明坝河)
  • Irrawaddy River (Myanmar)

Bay of Bengal[]

Map of the Ganges (yellow), Brahmaputra (violet), and Meghna (green) drainage basins.
  • Meghna River (Bangladesh)
    • Ganges River (India) / Padma River (Bangladesh)
      • Yarlung Tsangpo River ( ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ་, 雅鲁藏布江)
        • Subansiri River(西巴霞曲)
        • Lhasa River
        • Parlung Tsangpo (帕隆藏布)
          • Yigong Tsangpo(易贡藏布)
        • Zayuqu (察隅曲) / Lohit River
        • Nyang River ( ཉང་ཆུ, 尼洋曲)
      • Manas River (Bhutan / India)
        • Lhobrak Chhu / Kuri Chhu
      • Kosi River (Nepal / India)
        • Bum Chu (བུམ་ཆུ, 澎曲 / 阿龙河) / Arun River
        • Matsang Tsangpo (མ་གཙང་གཙང་པོ།, 麻章藏布) / Sun Kosi
        • Rongshar Tsangpo (波特科西) / Bhote Koshi
      • Ghaghara River (格尔纳利河)

Arabian Sea[]

  • Sênggê Zangbo (སེང་གེ།་གཙང་པོ, 狮泉河) / Indus River
    • Panjnad River (Pakistan)
      • Langqên Zangbo (གླང་ཆེན་གཙང་པོ, 象泉河) / Sutlej River

Arctic Ocean[]

Ob-Irtysh watershed
  • Ob River (Russia)
    • Irtysh (额尔齐斯河)
      • (别列则克河)
      • (哈巴河)
      • (布尔津河)
        • Kanas River
          • Kanas Lake
      • (喀拉额尔齐斯河)

Endorheic basins[]

Dzungarian Basin[]

Ili Basin[]

Ili Basin
  • Lake Balkhash (Kazakhstan)
    • Ili river
      • Kax River (喀什河; also known as the Kash River)
      • Tekes River (特克斯河)

Juyan Lake Basin[]

  • Ejin River

Lake Alakol[]

Qaidam Basin[]

Map of West Qaidam
Map of East Qaidam
Detailed US Army maps of Qaidam, c. 1975. (Names given in Wade-Giles romanization.)

Tarim Basin[]

Tarim Basin

Canals[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 中国河湖大典·黄河卷. Beijing: 中国水利水电出版社. ISBN 978-7-5170-1937-4.

External links[]

  • Berman, Lex, ed. (2011). "China River Basins". WorldMap. Harvard University. Interactive map with China's river basins, showing river names in Chinese.
  • Table of rivers in China with Chinese names and useful data (dead link 01:15, 4 March 2013 (UTC))
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