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Tributaries of the Yangtze, one of the two major rivers in China, will be listed here from upstream to downstream order. Lists are arrange by river section. Some primary tributaries will have their own lists due to their length. In bold are the so-called "major tributaries" of the Yangtze.
River sections of the Yangtze
This is a table of the names of the different river sections of the Yangtze, which will be used to partition the tributaries into sections.
| Number | Section name | Chinese name | Start | End | Length | Provinces |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | Tuotuo River (West Source) | 沱沱河 | Source (Tanggula Mountains) | Confluence with Dangqu River | 358 km | Qinghai |
| 1b | Dangqu River (South Source) | 当曲 | Source (Tanggula Mountains) | Confluence with Tuotuo River | 360 km | Qinghai |
| 1c | Chumar River [zh] (North Source) | 楚玛尔河 | Source (Hoh Xil Mountains) | Confluence with Tongtian River | 530 km | Qinghai |
| 2 | Tongtian River | 通天河 | Confluence with Dangqu River | Confluence with Batang River, Yushu | 813 km | Qinghai |
| 3 | Jinsha River | 金沙江 | Yushu | Yibin, Sichuan | 2,520 km | Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan |
| 4 | Sichuan River | 川江 | Yibin, Sichuan | Zhicheng, Yichang, Hubei | ~ 1,100 km | Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei |
| 5 | Jing River | 荆江 | Zhicheng, Yichang, Hubei | Discharge from Dongting Lake at Chenglingji, Yueyang, Hunan | ~ 410 km | Hubei, Hunan |
| 6 | Chu River | 楚江 | Chenglingji, Yueyang, Hunan | Discharge from Poyang Lake at Hukou, Jiujiang, Jiangxi | 547 km | Hubei, Jiangxi |
| 7 | Wan River | 皖江 | Hukou, Jiujiang, Jiangxi | Nanjing, Jiangsu | ~ 430 km | Anhui, Jiangsu |
| 8 | Yangtze River | 扬子江 | Nanjing, Jiangsu | Drainage into East China Sea, Shanghai (Yangtze Delta) | ~ 380 km | Jiangsu, Shanghai |
| Full | Yangtze (Changjiang) | 长江 | Tuotuo River Source (West Source) | Drainage into East China Sea, Shanghai | ~ 6,300 km | Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai |
List of Major Primary Tributaries of the Yangtze
| Name | Chinese Name | Section No. | Source | Place of Confluence | Length | Area of Drainage | Side | Provinces |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buqu River [zh] | 布曲 | 1b | Source (Tanggula Mountains) | Tanggulashan, Haixi, Qinghai | 242 km | 14,083 km | Left | Qinghai |
| Yalong River | 雅砻江 | 3 | Bayan Har Mountains, Chindu County, Qinghai | Panzhihua, Sichuan | 1,323 km | 128,444 km | Left | Qinghai, Sichuan |
| Pudu River | 普渡河 | 3 | Dian Lake, Kunming, Yunnan | Luquan County, Kunming, Yunnan | 294 km | 11,089 km | Right | Yunnan |
| Niulan River [zh] | 牛栏江 | 3 | Xundian Hui and Yi Autonomous County, Kunming, Yunnan | Zhaoyang District, Zhaotong, Yunnan | 461 km | 13,787 km | Right | Yunnan |
| Min River (Sichuan) | 岷江 | 4 | Min Mountains, Songpan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | Yibin, Sichuan | 735 km | 133,000 km | Left | Sichuan |
| Tuo River | 沱江 | 4 | Mao County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | Luzhou, Sichuan | 655 km | 27,860 km | Left | Sichuan |
| Chishui River | 赤水河 | 4 | Zhenxiong County, Zhaotong, Yunnan | Hejiang County, Luzhou, Sichuan | 436 km | 20,440 km | Right | Guizhou, Sichuan |
| Jialing River | 嘉陵江 | 4 | Feng County, Baoji, Shaanxi | Chaotian Gate [zh], Chongqing | 1,119 km | 160,000 km | Left | Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing |
| Wu River (Yangtze tributary) | 乌江 | 4 | Weining County, Bijie, Guizhou | Fuling District, Chongqing | 1,150 km | 87,920 km | Right | Guizhou, Chongqing |
| Qing River | 清江 | 4 | Lichuan City, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei | Yidu, Yichang, Hubei | 423 km | 16,700 km | Right | Hubei |
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