Lancang River

E235481

river upper course of the Mekong River

The Lancang River is the upper course of the Mekong River, flowing through China’s Yunnan Province before continuing into Southeast Asia as one of the region’s most important waterways.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lancang River canonical	4
Jinsha River	1
Lancang Jiang	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ upper course of the Mekong River ⓘ
basinCountry	Cambodia ⓘ China ⓘ Laos ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
ChineseName	澜沧江 ⓘ
climateZones	highland cold climate upstream ⓘ tropical monsoon climate downstream in Yunnan ⓘ
connectedTo	Tonle Sap system via Mekong River ⓘ
continuesAs	Mekong River ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
drainageBasin	Mekong River ⓘ surface form: Mekong River Basin
ecosystemType	large tropical and subtropical river system ⓘ
flowsDirectionGeneral	from northwest to southeast ⓘ
flowsThrough	Qinghai ⓘ surface form: Qinghai Province Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ Yunnan Province ⓘ
hasHydropowerDams	Yes ⓘ
hasIssue	ecological impact of dam construction ⓘ transboundary water management concerns ⓘ
importance	one of the most important waterways in Southeast Asia ⓘ
knownAsInChina	Lancang River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lancang Jiang
lengthApproxKm	2100 ⓘ
locatedIn	East Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
majorRole	fisheries support ⓘ hydropower generation in China ⓘ inland water transport in Yunnan ⓘ irrigation water source ⓘ
mouth	Mekong Delta ⓘ surface form: Mekong River lower course
nameMeaning	turbulent river in Chinese ⓘ
originatesOn	Tibetan Plateau ⓘ surface form: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
partOf	Mekong River ⓘ surface form: Lancang-Mekong River system Mekong River ⓘ international river system ⓘ
passesNear	Jinghong ⓘ Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ surface form: Xishuangbanna
region	Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau vicinity ⓘ
sharedBy	China and downstream Mekong countries ⓘ
sourceLocation	Tanggula Mountains ⓘ
supports	biodiversity in the Mekong Basin ⓘ
tributaryOf	South China Sea via Mekong River ⓘ
upstreamNameOf	Mekong River ⓘ
waterResourceFor	agriculture in downstream Mekong countries ⓘ domestic use in Yunnan ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yunnan Province → majorRiver → Lancang River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jinsha River

Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas → containsRiver → Lancang River ⓘ

Diqing → traversedByRiver → Lancang River ⓘ

subject surface form: Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Lincang → locatedOnRiver → Lancang River ⓘ

Lancang River → knownAsInChina → Lancang River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lancang Jiang