Wu Jiang
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Wu Jiang 乌江 |
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 Map with the catchment area and course of the Wu Jiang |
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| location | Chongqing , Guizhou ( PR China ) | |
| River system | Yangtze River | |
| Drain over | Yangtze River → East China Sea | |
| Confluence of |
Sancha He and Liuchong He in Dongfeng Reservoir 26 ° 48 ′ 4 ″ N , 106 ° 7 ′ 23 ″ E |
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Yangtze River coordinates: 29 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ N , 107 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ E 29 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ N , 107 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ E
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| length | > 1000 km | |
| Navigable | in the middle and lower reaches | |
 Wu Jiang, near Chongqing 2010 |
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The Wu Jiang ( Chinese 烏江 / 乌江 , Pinyin Wū Jiāng ) is a right tributary of the Yangtze River . It has a southern and northern source, the southern is the Sancha He , the northern is the Liuchong He .
After the confluence, the river is initially called Yachi, only from Wujiangdu ( 乌江渡 ) in Zunyi County does it bear the name Wu Jiang. The source of the Sancha He is located in the western part of Guizhou Province in Weining County at the eastern foot of the Wumeng Shan Mountains . It flows through the north of Guizhou and the south of Chongqing , and in the area of Fuling it flows into the Yangtze . The Wu Jiang is over 1000 km long. The middle and lower reaches are navigable.
Its tributaries include Liuchong He ( 六 冲 河 ), Maotiao He ( 猫 跳河 ), Qingshui Jiang ( 清水 江 ), Xiang Jiang ( 湘江 ), Zhuo He ( 濯 河 ), Hongdu He ( 洪 渡河 ), Yu Jiang ( 郁江 ) and Furong Jiang ( 芙蓉江 ).
| No. | dam | Height [m] | Finished since | MW | Geo coordinate | province |
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| 1 | Hongjiadu Dam | 2004 | 540 | Guizhou | ||
| 2 | Dongfeng Dam | 970 | 1995 | 570 | Guizhou | |
| 3 | Wujiangdu Dam | 760 | 1983 | 1130 | Guizhou | |
| 4th | Goupitan dam | 640.5 | 2010 | 3000 | Guizhou | |
| 5 | Shatuo Dam | 2009 | 1120 | Guizhou | ||
| 6th | Pengshui Dam | 2008 | 1750 | Chongqing |
Web links
- Wu Jiang jieshao ( Memento from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Chinese)