Jinsha River

The Jinsha River is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River. It flows through the provinces of , , and in .
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  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 300 metres (984 feet)
  • 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”
    “Kinsha Kiang”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cuiping.
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is a railway station, which is situated 3½ km west of Jinsha River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yibin.
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is a city in .

Jinsha River

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Latitude
28.76465° or 28° 45′ 53″ north
Longitude
104.63351° or 104° 38′ 1″ east
Open location code
7PW6QJ7M+VC
Geo­Names ID
1805406
Wiki­data ID
Q1038418

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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”
  • Manchu: “ᡤᡳᠨ ᡧᠠ ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠩ”
  • 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”

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