Jinsha River
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The Jinsha River is the upper course of China’s Yangtze River, flowing through deep gorges in western China and serving as a major source of hydropower and water resources.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jinsha River and Min River | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
upper course of the Yangtze River ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | East China Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsGenerally | from northwest to southeast ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Hengduan Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
deep gorges ⓘ |
| formsBorderBetween |
Sichuan Province and Tibet Autonomous Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sichuan Province and Yunnan Province ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region and Yunnan Province ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
habitat fragmentation
ⓘ
reservoir-induced displacement ⓘ sediment management challenges ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalFeature | tectonically active region ⓘ |
| hasHydropowerStation |
Baihetan Dam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wudongde Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiangjiaba Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiluodu Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
deep canyons
ⓘ
large hydropower potential ⓘ steep gradient ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Qinghai Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sichuan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ western China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorHydropowerSourceFor | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouth |
confluence with Min River
ⓘ
confluence with Yalong River ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | near Yibin ⓘ |
| mouthProvince | Sichuan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Golden Sand River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Yangtze River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yangtze River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Lijiang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Panzhihua NERFINISHED ⓘ Yibin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | eastern Tibetan Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Yangtze River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| upstreamNameOf | Yangtze River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hydropower generation
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ navigation in some reaches ⓘ water resources ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
this entity surface form:
Jinsha River and Min River