Yalong River

For the river in Tibet, see Yarlung Zangbo River.

Map of the Yalong River drainage basin

The Nyag Qu or Yalong River, also called Ya-lung River (Chinese: 雅砻江; pinyin: Yǎ lóng jiāng, Tibetan: ཉག་ཆུ་, Wylie: 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. Its source originates from the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau in southeast Qinghai, and its confluence with the Yangzte is in north central Yunnan.

Sources

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