Yalong River
| Yalong River | |
| River | |
| Country | China |
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| Tributaries | |
| - right | Muli |
| Source | Bayan Har Mountains |
| Mouth | Yangtze River |
| - location | Panzhihua, Sichuan |
| Length | 1,323 km (822 mi) |
 Map of the Yalong River drainage basin
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The Yalong River (Chinese: 雅砻江, p Yǎlóngjiāng, w Ya-lung Chiang) or Nyag Chu (Tibetan: ཉག་ཆུ་, z Nyag Qu) is an 822-mile (1,323 km) long river in Sichuan province in southwestern China. It is a tributary of the Yangtze River. Its source is on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau in southeast Qinghai, and its confluence with the Yangtze is in Panzhihua in southwestern Sichuan.
The Yalong is being heavily developed, primarily for hydroelectric power. A total of 23 dams are completed, under construction or planned for the river. Those dams are listed below from downstream to upstream.
Coordinates: 26°36′20″N 101°48′04″E / 26.6056°N 101.801°E
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