Yalong River
The Yalong River, or Nyag Chu, is a major tributary river of the Yangtze River in Southwest China. With a length of 1,597 km, the Yalong River flows from north to south through the Hengduan Mountains in western Sichuan Province.Photo: Colegota, CC BY-SA 2.5 es.
- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of Yangtze in Sichuan province in southwestern China
- Also known as: “Jin He”, “Ya-long-kiang”, “Ya-lung Chiang”, “Yalung Kiang”, and “Yülung”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guaziping and Panzhihua.
Guaziping
Suburb
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guaziping is a suburb, which is situated 6 km west of Yalong River.
Panzhihua
Photo: Anders Johnson, CC BY 3.0.
Panzhihua, in southwest Sichuan Province, is the only city named after flowers in China. It is located at the junction of the Hengtian Mountains, where the Jinsha River meets the Yalong River.
Yalong River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Sichuan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Yalong River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Yalong River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Yalong”
- Belarusian: “Ялунцзян”
- Bulgarian: “Ялундзян”
- Cebuano: “Yalong Jiang”
- Chinese: “扎曲”
- Chinese: “金河”
- Chinese: “雅砻江”
- Chinese: “雅礱江”
- Chuvash: “Ялунцзян”
- Croatian: “Jalung”
- Czech: “Ja-lung-ťiang”
- Czech: “Ja-lung”
- Dutch: “Yalong (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Yalong”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر يالونج”
- French: “Ya-Loung”
- French: “Ya-lung”
- French: “Yalong”
- Georgian: “იალუნგძიანგი”
- German: “Nyag Chu”
- German: “Nyagchu”
- German: “Yalong Jiang”
- Hebrew: “יאלונג”
- Irish: “Abhainn Yalong”
- Italian: “Yalong”
- Japanese: “ニャクチュ”
- Japanese: “雅ロウ江”
- Japanese: “雅礱江”
- Japanese: “雅礱河”
- Korean: “야룽강”
- Lithuanian: “Jalongdziangas”
- Lithuanian: “Jalunczjanas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yalong Jiang”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yalong”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yalong”
- Norwegian: “Yalong”
- Persian: “رود یالونگ”
- Polish: “Jalung-ciang”
- Polish: “Yalong Jiang”
- Portuguese: “Rio Yalong”
- Russian: “Ялунцзян”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jalung”
- South Azerbaijani: “یالونق چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Ya lung”
- Spanish: “Río Ya lung”
- Spanish: “Rio Ya-lung”
- Spanish: “Río Ya-lung”
- Spanish: “Rio Yalong”
- Spanish: “Río Yalong”
- Spanish: “Yalong”
- Swedish: “Yalong Jiang”
- Tibetan: “ཉག་ཆུ་”
- Turkish: “Yalong Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Ялунцзян”
- Vietnamese: “Nhã Lung Giang”
- Vietnamese: “Nhã Lung”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Nhã Lung”
- Welsh: “Afon Yalong”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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