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Map of current configuration of Yellow River system, and the Luo (Lo) River. The Yellow River (Chinese: Huang He ) flows from the Tibetan Plateau to the Bay of Bohai over a course of 5,464 kilometers (3,395 mi), making it the second-longest river in Asia and the sixth-longest in the world .
Map of the Three Gorges. After arriving at Yibin (宜宾), in Sichuan Province (四川), the Yangtze River (长江) flows from Jiangjin (江津), of Chongqing Municipality (重庆), to Yichang (宜昌), of Hubei Province (湖北); and this section of the river is called Chuanjiang (川江), or "the river of Sichuan".
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 December 2024. Dam in Yiling District, Hubei, China Dam in Yiling District, Hubei Three Gorges Dam 三峡大坝 The dam in September 2009 Location in Hubei Province Show map of Hubei Three Gorges Dam (China) Show map of China Country China Location Sandouping, Yiling District, Hubei Coordinates 30°49 ...
The Three Gorges Dam in 2006 Diagram showing dams planned for the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. As of 2007, there are two dams built on the Yangtze river: Three Gorges Dam and Gezhouba Dam. The Three Gorges Dam is the largest power station in the world by installed capacity, at 22.5 GW.
A significant amount of land in the Yellow River's source area has been designated as the Sanjiangyuan ("'Three Rivers' Sources") National Nature Reserve, to protect the source region of the Yellow River, the Yangtze, and the Mekong. Flowing east at the eastern edge of the Amne Machin Mountains, the Yellow River enters Maqu County in Gansu.
A map of the Atbara River drainage basin. Mareb River (or Gash River) (only reaches the Atbarah in times of flood) Obel River; Tekezé River (or Takkaze or Setit) Zarima River; Ataba River; Wari River. Qortem Zer'a; Tsaliet. Agefet. Ab'aro; Azef River; Amblo; Korowya; Ferrey River; Kidane Mihret River; May Meqa; Graliwdo; Giba River. Tanqwa ...
Mount Shaohua. The environment of the Qin Mountains is a deciduous forest ecoregion. [4]The Qin Mountains form the watershed of the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins; historically, the former was home to deciduous broadleaf forests, while the latter has milder winters with more rainfall, and was generally covered in warmer, temperate, evergreen broadleaf forests.
The South–North Water Transfer Project, also translated as the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, [1] is a multi-decade infrastructure mega-project in China that aims to channel 44.8 cubic kilometers (44.8 billion cubic meters) of fresh water each year [2] from the Yangtze River in southern China to the more arid and industrialized north through three canal systems: [3]