The Main Branches of Yangtze River in Yangtze River History

The main stream of Yangtze River is divided into three parts as the upper reaches, the middle reaches and the lower reaches. Besides there are lots of branches of Yangtze River before it flows into the East China Sea.

The Main Branches of Yangtze River in Yangtze River History – Brief Introduction

In Yangtze River history, Yangtze River has rich resources because of the longest main stream and the lots of main branches. The main branches flow through large area with plenty runoff converging other large numbers of little branches. There are 437 of branches of Yangtze River flow through the area which more than 1000 square kilometers. And there are 170 of branches flow through the area which more than 3000 square kilometers. Besides there are 49 of branches of Yangtze River flow through the area which more than 1*104 square kilometers. And there are 9 of branches flow through the area which more than 5*104 square kilometers including Yalong River, Min River, Dadu River, Jialing River, Wu River, Xiang River, Han River and Gan River and Yuan River. Jialing River flows through the area which more than 16*104 sqaure kilometers. Han River flows through the area which more than 15.9*104 square kilometers.

The Main Branches of Yangtze River in Yangtze River History – Length

Consists of lots of branches, which 19 of branches of Yangtze River are more than 500 kilometers long and 6 of branches are more than 1000 kilometers long. They are Han Riber, Yalong River, Jialing River, Dadu River, Wu River and Yuan River.

The Main Branches of Yangtze River in Yangtze River History – Rate of Flow

The average flow of years of More than 90 of branches of Yangtze River is above 100 cubic meters / second. The nine branches above are the large branch of Yangtze River with more than 1500 cubic meters / second of average flow. The order is Min River, Dadu River, Xiang River, Yuan River, Gan River, Jialing River, Yalong River, Han River and Wu River.

The Main Branches of Yangtze River in Yangtze River History – Lakes

Most of the fresh water lakes of China's distribute in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River. Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake, Taihu Lake and Chao Lake have larger acreage.