Min Jiang (Sichuan)
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 Min Jiang catchment area |
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| location | Sichuan ( PR China ) | |
| River system | Yangtze River | |
| Drain over | Yangtze River → East China Sea | |
| Headwaters | South flank of the Minshan Mountains 33 ° 4 ′ 9 ″ N , 103 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 4000 m | |
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Yangtze River ( Jinsha Jiang ) coordinates: 28 ° 46 ′ 14 " N , 104 ° 37 ′ 56" E 28 ° 46 ′ 14 " N , 104 ° 37 ′ 56" E
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| length | 735 km | |
| Right tributaries | Dadu He | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Zipingpu Dam | |
| Big cities | Cheng you | |
| Medium-sized cities | Leshan , Meishan , Yibin | |
 Confluence of the Min Jiang and Jinsha Jiang rivers in Yibin |
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 Division of the river in Dujiangyan ( irrigation system ) |
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| Tibetan name |
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Tibetan script :
གདོང་ སྣ
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Wylie transliteration : gdong sna
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Other spellings: Dongna
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Traditional :
岷江
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Simplified :
岷江
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Pinyin : Min Jiāng
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The Min Jiang , Minjiang or Min River , old : Minkiang ( Chinese 岷江 , Pinyin Mín Jiāng , W.-G. Min Chiang , English Min River / Minjiang River ) is a 735 km long river in central Sichuan .
It is the most water-rich tributary of the Yangtze River . The left tributary rises at the southern foot of the Minshan Mountains ( 岷山 , Min Shan ) in the Ngawa Autonomous District of the Tibetans and Qiang . It takes in the rivers Heishui He ( 黑水河 ), Zagunao He ( 杂 谷 脑 河 ), Dadu He ( 大渡河 ) and Mabian He ( 马 边 河 ) before moving into the (upper) Yangtze River in Yibin ( 宜宾 ) flows out.
It flows through the Ngawa ( 阿坝 ) areas (through the Wenchuan area , the epicenter of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake ), where it is also dammed in the Zipingpu Dam , Chengdu , Meishan , Leshan and finally Yibin , where it joins the Jinsha Jiang - d. H. the upper reaches of the Yangtze River - converges.
The fertile Chengdu Plain in the western part of the Sichuan Basin ( Red Basin ), the largest plain in southwest China in terms of area, was created from the deposits of the Min Jiang and its tributaries.
It feeds the Dujiangyan irrigation system in Dujiangyan City ( 都江堰 ).
Dams
A total of 27 dams, each with an attached hydropower plant, are planned along the course of the Min Jiang river.
The dams in the direction of discharge are:
| dam | Power in megawatts |
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| Hongqiaoguan Dam | 68.5 | planned |
| Xiningguan Dam | 37.2 | planned |
| Longpan Dam | 72.6 | planned |
| Wulibao Dam | 157 | planned |
| Lianjhuayan Dam | 111 | planned |
| Xiaohaizi Dam | 48 | completed |
| Tianlonghu Dam | 180 | completed |
| Jinlongtan Dam | 180 | completed |
| Feihongqiao Dam | 120 | planned |
| Yaneryan Dam | 66 | planned |
| Zongqu Dam | 2 | planned |
| Shigu Dam | 2.7 | completed |
| Nanxin Dam | 9.6 | completed |
| Tongzhong Dam | 49.5 | completed |
| Yangmaoping Dam | 3.4 | planned |
| Jiangsheba Dam | 96 | completed |
| Shaba dam | 720 | under construction |
| Futangba dam | 360 | completed |
| Taipingyi Dam | 260 | completed |
| Yingxiuwan Dam | 135 | completed |
| Zipingpu Dam | 760 | completed |
| Yangliuhu Dam | 76.5 | planned |
| Banqiaoxi Dam | 30th | planned |
| Shazui Dam | 250 | planned |
| Jianwei Dam | 360 | planned |
| Longxikou Dam | 360 | planned |
| Pianchuangzi Dam | 740 | completed |
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Only after the confluence with the Min Jiang at Yibin is the river called the Yangtze.