Chinese rivers
Rivers that flow through China are as follows. The list is organized according to the body of water into which each river empties, beginning with the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast, moving clockwise on a map and ending with the Arctic Ocean .
Sea of Okhotsk Amur River basin
Sea of Japan
Bohai Sea Liao River Basin Liao (辽河) Daling River (大凌河)Yantai River (烟台河) Liugu River (六股河) Shi River (石河) Gou River (狗河) Dashi River (大石河) Jiujiang River (九江河) Dai River (戴河)Yang River (洋河) Luan (滦河) Hai (海河) Wei River Basin Yellow River Basin Yellow River (Huang He) (黃河)Yufu River (玉符河) Beidasha River (北大沙河) Nandasha River (南大沙河) Dawen River (大汶河)[1] Liuchang River (柳长河 or 流长河) Yuejin River (跃进河) Hui River (汇河)Jinxian River (金线河) Kangwang River (康王河) Wu River (五河) Beiquan River (北泉河) Cao River (漕河) Miaojia River (苗家河) Chaiwen River (柴汶河)Yucun River (禹村河) Guangming River (光明河) Yangliu River (羊流河) Xizhou River (西周河) Pingyang River (平阳河) Weishui River (渭水河) Panwen River (泮汶河) Zhitian River (芝田河) Tao River (陶河) Yingwen River (瀛汶河) Fangxia River (方下河) Lianhua River (莲花河) Lixin River (里辛河) Jindi River (金堤河) Luo River (Henan) (洛河 (南))Yi River (伊河)Qin River (沁河) Wei (渭河) Fen (汾河) Yan River (延河)Wuding River (无定河/無定河)Kuye River (窟野河) Dahei River (大黑河) Qingshui River (清水河)Zuli River (祖厉河/祖厲河) Tao River (洮河)Daxia River (大夏河)Star River (湟水) White River (白河) Xiaoqing (小清河, formerly known as 济河)Zihe River (淄河) (Xin)Tahe River Zhangseng River
Yellow Sea Yalu River Huai River basin
East China Sea Lake Dongting and the Lishui , Yuan, Zi, Xiang and Miluo Rivers of Hunan .
Taiwan Strait
South China Sea Pearl River Basin Red River (Asia) watershedLancang (Mekong) River watershed
From Hainan Island Nandu River (map), Hainan Province
Andaman Sea Nu (Salween) River Nu River (怒江) / (Salween River)Wanma River (万马河) Hongyang River (硔养河) Mengboluo River (勐波罗河) Supa River (苏帕河) Shidian River (施甸河) Luomingba River (罗明坝河) Irrawaddy River (Myanmar)
Bay of Bengal Map of the Ganges (yellow), Brahmaputra (violet), and Meghna (green) drainage basins.
Arabian Sea
Arctic Ocean Ob-Irtysh watershed Ob River (Russia)Irtysh (额尔齐斯河)Bieliezeke River (别列则克河) Haba River (哈巴河) Burqin River (布尔津河) Kala Irtysh River (喀拉额尔齐斯河)
Endorheic basins
Dzungarian Basin
Ili Basin Ili Basin
Juyan Lake Basin
Lake Alakol
Qaidam Basin
Tarim Basin Tarim Basin
Canals Eastern Zhejiang Canal (浙东运河), connecting the Qiantang, Cao'e, and Yong watershedsGrand Canal of China (京杭大运河), connecting the Qiantang, Yangtze, Huai, Yellow R., and Hai watershedsSouth–North Water Transfer Project , various canals repurposed to move vast amounts of water to the northLingqu Canal (灵渠), connecting the Yangtze and Pearl watershedsIrtysh–Karamay–Ürümqi Canal , providing irrigation to the grasslands and deserts of Xinjiang
See also
References
External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rivers of China .
Berman, Lex, ed. (2011). "China River Basins". WorldMap . Harvard University. Interactive map with China's river basins, showing river names in Chinese.Table of rivers in China with Chinese names and useful data (dead link 01:15, 4 March 2013 (UTC))