Min River (Sichuan)
The Min River or Min Jiang (Chinese: 岷江; pinyin: Mínjiāng) is a 735-kilometer-long river (457 mi) in central Sichuan province, China. It is a tributary of the upper Yangtze River which it joins at Yibin. Within China, it was traditionally taken as the main course of the upper Yangtze prior to extensive exploration of its sources.
| Min River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Songpan, Sichuan |
| Mouth | |
• location | Yangtze at Yibin, Sichuan |
| Length | 735 km (457 mi) |
| Basin size | 133,000 km2 (51,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Yibin |
| • average | 2,850 m3/s (101,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Dadu River |
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