List of rivers of China

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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.

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Sea of Okhotsk

Amur River basin Amurrivermap.png
Amur River basin

Sea of Japan

Bohai Sea

Liao River Basin Liaorivermap.png
Liao River Basin
Wei River Basin Weirivermap.png
Wei River Basin
Yellow River Basin Yellowrivermap.jpg
Yellow River Basin

Yellow Sea

Yalu River Yalurivermap.png
Yalu River
Huai River basin Huairivermap.jpg
Huai River basin

East China Sea

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

Taiwan Strait

South China Sea

Pearl River Basin Zhujiangrivermap.png
Pearl River Basin
Red River (Asia) watershed Red hong rivermap.png
Red River (Asia) watershed
Lancang (Mekong) River watershed Mekong River watershed.png
Lancang (Mekong) River watershed

From Hainan Island

Nandu River (map), Hainan Province Hainan - Haikou - Nandu rivermap.png
Nandu River (map), Hainan Province

Andaman Sea

Nu (Salween) River Salween watershed.png
Nu (Salween) River

Bay of Bengal

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

Arabian Sea

Arctic Ocean

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Ob-Irtysh watershed

Endorheic basins

Dzungarian Basin

Ili Basin

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Ili Basin

Juyan Lake Basin

Lake Alakol

Qaidam Basin

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

Tarim Basin

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Tarim Basin

Canals

See also

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References

  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.