Jinsha River
The Jinsha River is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River. It flows through the provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan in western China.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the People’s Republic of China, the upper course of the Yangtze
- Also known as: “Chin-sha Chiang”, “Chin-sha River”, “Chinsha Kiang”, “Jinsha Jiang”, “Kin Sha Chiang”, and “Kinsha Kiang”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cuiping.
Cuiping
Railway station
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cuiping is a railway station, which is situated 3½ km west of Jinsha River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yibin.
Yibin
Photo: Lzylove, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yibin is a city in East Sichuan. Located at the junction of Yunguichuan three provinces, Jinsha River, Min River and Yangtze River, the terrain is high southwest and low northeast, is a subtropical monsoon humid climate, with a total area of 13,283 square kilometers.
Jinsha River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Jinsha River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Jinsha River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Jinsha Jiang”
- Bengali: “চিনশা নদী”
- Cebuano: “Jinsha Jiang”
- Chinese: “金沙江”
- Czech: “řeka Zlatých písků”
- Czech: “Ťin-ša-ťiang”
- Czech: “Ťin-ša”
- Dutch: “Jinsha River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر چينشا چيانج”
- French: “Fleuve Jinsha”
- French: “Jinsha”
- German: “Jinsha”
- Hebrew: “נהר ג’ינשה”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Jinsha”
- Italian: “Jinsha”
- Japanese: “ディチュ河”
- Japanese: “金沙江”
- Korean: “금사강”
- Korean: “진사강”
- Korean: “진샤 강”
- Literary Chinese: “金沙江”
- Malayalam: “ജിൻഷാ നദി”
- Russian: “Цзиньша (река)”
- Russian: “Цзиньшацзян”
- Slovenian: “Džinša Džiang”
- Slovenian: “Džinša”
- Slovenian: “Jinsha Jiang”
- Spanish: “Río Jinsha”
- Swedish: “Jinsha Jiang”
- Swedish: “Jinshafloden”
- Tagalog: “Ilog Jinsha”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำจินชา”
- Turkish: “Jinsha Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Цзіньша”
- Vietnamese: “Kim Sa giang”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Kim Sa”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nan’an and Wuxiang.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Min River and Rongzhou Daqiao.
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