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The Sichuan Basin (Chinese: 四川盆地; pinyin: Sìchuān Péndì), formerly transliterated as the Szechwan Basin, sometimes called the Red Basin, is a lowland region in southwestern China. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides and is drained by the upper Yangtze River and its tributaries.
The Sichuan basin is surrounded by the Hengduan Mountains to the west, the Qin Mountains to the north, and Yungui Plateau to the south. Since the Yangtze flows through the basin and then through the perilous Three Gorges to eastern and southern China, Sichuan was a staging area for amphibious military forces and a haven for political refugees.
Map of the Min River drainage basin. The Min River (Chinese: 岷 江; pinyin: Mínjiāng) is a 735-kilometer-long river (457 mi) in central Sichuan province, China. It is a tributary of the upper Yangtze River, which flows through Chengdu and joins at Yibin. Within China, it was traditionally taken as the main course of the upper Yangtze before ...
The Hengduan Mountains are primarily large north-south mountain ranges that effectively separate lowlands in northern Myanmar from the lowlands of the Sichuan Basin. These ranges are characterized by significant vertical relief originating from the Indian subcontinent 's collision with the Eurasian Plate , and further carved out by the major ...
The Longmen Mountains form the northwestern rim of the Sichuan basin. The uplift of the Longmen Mountains is a result of vertical slippage on the Longmenshan Fault. The Longmen Mountains represent the eastern rim of the immense Tibetan Plateau.
Map including Zigong (labeled as TZU-KUNG (TZU-LIU-CHING) 自貢 (自流井)) (AMS, 1957) Zigong is located in the Sichuan Basin, and has an area extension of 4,372.6 km 2 (1,688.3 sq mi). Granted the recognition as one of the Historical and Cultural Cities of China by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.
The Jialing River, [a] formerly known by numerous other names, is a major tributary of the Yangtze River in the Sichuan Basin. [2] It is named after the Jialing Valley in Feng County, Shaanxi through which it flows. The Jialing River's most notable characteristic was formerly its pellucid green waters. [3]
This part of the Jinsha River is the last portion to flow through mountainous terrain before entering the Sichuan Basin where the river becomes known as the Yangtze at Yibin. [1] The Daliang are located within eastern Liangshan Prefecture , southern Leshan Prefecture , and western Yibin Prefecture .