Min River (Sichuan)

Catchment area of ​​the Min Jiang

The confluence of the Jinsha Jiang and Min Jiang in Yibin

The Min Jiang, Minjiang; Minkiang or Min River, etc. (Chinese岷江, W.-G. Min Chiang, English Min River / Minjiang River ) is a 735 km long river in central Sichuan. He is the most water tributary of the Yangtze River. The left tributary originates at the southern foot of Minshan Mountains (岷山, Min Shan) in the Autonomous District Ngawa the Tibetan and Qiang. He takes the rivers Heishui He (黑水河) Zagunao He (杂 谷 脑 河), Dadu He (大渡河) and Mabian He (马 边 河), in Yibin (宜宾) in the (upper) before Yangtze flows.

It flows through the regions of Ngawa (阿坝) ( through the area of Wenchuan, the epicenter of the earthquake in Sichuan in 2008 ), where it is dammed in the Zipingpu Dam, Chengdu, Meishan, Leshan and finally Yibin, where he met the Jinsha Jiang - ie the upper reaches of the Yangtze River - flows together.

The fertile Chengdu Plain in the western part of the Sichuan Basin ( Red Basin ), the largest surface level southwest China is originated from the deposits of the Min Jiang and its tributaries.

The Dujiangyan Irrigation System of Dujiangyan City (都江堰) is fed by him.