Xianshui River Explained

Xianshui River — a river in Sichuan province, southern China.

Geography

The Xianshui River has three river sources, the Da-chu river (Chinese characters:达曲) and Nyi-chu river (Chinese characters:泥曲).^[1] After the confluence of the two rivers in Luhuo, the name becomes the Xianshui River.

A dam and hydroelectric plant on it in Luhuo was completed in 2009.^[2]

Yangtze RiverThe Xianshui River flows into the Yalong River at Yajiang.^[2] Via the Yalong River confluence, the Xianshui is a tributary of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang).

See also

• Xianshuihe fault system
• Index: Tributaries of the Yangtze River

Notes and References

1. Book: Gelek, L. . Trip to Nomad Areas of Eastern Tibet—Travels of Anthropological Fieldwork . zh.
2. Web site: 甘孜州炉霍县鲜水河电站正式投产发电_滚动新闻_中国西藏网 . April 17, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613234940/http://www.tibet.cn/2010index/gdxw/200912/t20091211_527900.htm . June 13, 2011 .