List of rivers of China

Summary

Rivers that flow through China are as follows. The list 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 edit

 
Amur River basin

Sea of Japan edit

Bohai Sea edit

  • Anzi River (鞍子河)
  • Fuzhou River (复州河)
  • Daliao River (大辽河)
 
Liao River Basin
 
Wei River Basin
 
Yellow River Basin
  • Yellow River (Huang He) (黃河)
    • Yufu River (玉符河)
    • Beidasha River (北大沙河)
    • Nandasha River (南大沙河)
    • Dawen River (大汶河)[1]
      • Liuchang River (柳长河 or 流长河)
      • Yuejin River (跃进河)
      • Hui River (汇河)
        • Jinxian River (金线河)
        • Kangwang River (康王河)
      • Wu River (五河)
      • Beiquan River (北泉河)
      • Cao River (漕河)
      • Miaojia River (苗家河)
      • Chaiwen River (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)
      • Yingwen River (瀛汶河)
        • Shiwen River (石汶河)
      • Fangxia River (方下河)
      • Lianhua River (莲花河)
      • Lixin River (里辛河)
    • Jindi River (金堤河)
      • Huangzhuang River (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)
    • Kuye River (窟野河)
    • Dahei River (大黑河)
    • Qingshui River (清水河)
    • Zuli River (祖厉河/祖厲河)
    • Tao River (洮河)
    • Daxia River (大夏河)
    • Star River (湟水)
    • White River (白河)
  • Xiaoqing (小清河, formerly known as 济河)
    • Zihe River (淄河)
    • (Xin)Tahe River
      • Yanghe River (阳河)
    • Zhangseng River
      • Mihe River

Yellow Sea edit

 
Yalu River
 
Huai River basin

East China Sea edit

 
Han River Basin of Hubei, southern Shaanxi and southwestern Henan
 
Lake Dongting and the Lishui, Yuan, Zi, Xiang and Miluo Rivers of Hunan.
 
Jialing River Basin of Chongqing, eastern Sichuan and southern Gansu
 
Min River of central Sichuan
 
Yalong River of western Sichuan and southern Qinghai

Taiwan Strait edit

South China Sea edit

 
Pearl River Basin
 
Red River (Asia) watershed
 
Lancang (Mekong) River watershed

From Hainan Island edit

 
Nandu River (map), Hainan Province

Andaman Sea edit

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

Bay of Bengal edit

 
Map of the Ganges (yellow), Brahmaputra (violet), and Meghna (green) drainage basins.

Arabian Sea edit

Arctic Ocean edit

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

Endorheic basins edit

Dzungarian Basin edit

Ili Basin edit

 
Ili Basin

Juyan Lake Basin edit

Lake Alakol edit

Qaidam Basin edit

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

Tarim Basin edit

 
Tarim Basin

Canals edit

See also edit

References edit

  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 edit

  • 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))