Yalong River

For the river in Tibet, see Yarlung Zangbo River.

Yalong River
River
Country	China
Tributaries
- right	Muli
Source	Bayan Har Mountains
Mouth	Yangtze River
- location	Panzhihua, Sichuan
Length	1,323 km (822 mi)
Map of the Yalong River drainage basin

The Yalong River (Chinese: 雅砻江, p Yǎlóngjiāng, w Ya-lung Chiang) or Nyag Chu (Tibetan: ཉག་ཆུ་, z Nyag Qu) is an 822-mile (1,323 km) long river in Sichuan province in southwestern China. It is a tributary of the Yangtze River. Its source is on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau in southeast Qinghai, and its confluence with the Yangtze is in Panzhihua in southwestern Sichuan.

Dams

The Yalong is being heavily developed, primarily for hydroelectric power. A total of 23 dams are completed, under construction or planned for the river. Those dams are listed below from downstream to upstream.

• Tongzilin Dam – Under construction, 600 MW
• Ertan Dam – Completed, 3,300 MW
• Guandi Dam – Completed, 2,400 MW
• Jinping 2 Dam – Completed, 4,400 MW
• Jinping 1 Dam – Completed, 1,200 MW
• Kala Dam – Programmed, 1,060 MW
• Yangfanggou Dam – Programmed, 2,200 MW
• Mengdigou Dam – Programmed, 1,700 MW
• Lenggu Dam – Planned, 2,300 MW
• Yagen Dam – Programmed, 1,500 MW
• Lianghekou Dam – Under construction, 3,000 MW
• Gongbagou Dam – Planned, 500 MW
• Gongke Dam – Planned, 400 MW
• Xinlong Dam – Planned, 500 MW
• Yingda Dam – Planned, 500 MW
• Tongha Dam – Planned, 200 MW
• Geni Dam – Planned, 200 MW
• Ada Dam – Planned, 250 MW
• Reba Dam – Planned, 250 MW
• Renqingling Dam – Planned, 300 MW
• Wenbosi Dam – Planned, 150 MW
• Danikanduo Dam – Planned, 7.2 MW
• Yangri Dam – Planned, 1 MW

References

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

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