Fu Jiang

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Fu Jiang
Confluence of the Fu Jiang and the Jialing Jiang, in Hechuan City

Confluence of the Fu Jiang and the Jialing Jiang, in Hechuan City

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location Chongqing , Sichuan ( PR China )
River system Yangtze River
Drain over Jialing Jiang  → Yangtze River  → East China Sea
source at Xuebaoding
muzzle at Hechuan in Jialing Jiang coordinates: 29 ° 59 ′ 17 "  N , 106 ° 16 ′ 4"  E 29 ° 59 ′ 17 "  N , 106 ° 16 ′ 4"  E

length approx. 700 km

The Fu Jiang or Fujiang ( 涪江 , Fú Jiāng ) River is a tributary of the Jialing Jiang in southwest China.

It rises in the south of Jiuzhaigou County in the border area with Sungqu County (Songpan) on Xuebaoding雪宝顶, the main peak of the Minshan Mountains ( 岷山 , Min Shan ) in the Chinese province of Sichuan and flows southeast through Pingwu County , through Jiangyou , Mianyang , Santai , Shehong , Suining and in the Chongqing area through Tongnan and finally Hechuan , where it flows into the Jialing Jiang . It is approx. 700 km long and navigable from Pingwu to Hechuan.