River |
Length (km) |
Length (miles) |
Drainage area (km²) |
Outflow |
Countries in the drainage basin |
China Provinces in the drainage basin |
Yangtze River |
6,300 |
3,915 |
1,808,500 |
East China Sea |
China |
Qinghai, Yunnan, Chongqing,Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Tibet |
Yellow River |
5464 |
3395 |
752,000 |
Bohai Sea |
China |
Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Shandong |
Heilong River |
3420 |
2125 |
900,000 |
Strait of Tartary |
China and Russia |
Heliongjiang |
Songhua River |
2308 |
1434 |
557,180 |
Amur River Valley |
China |
Jilin and Heliongjiang |
Liaohe River |
1390 |
863.8 |
228,960 |
Liaodong Bay |
China |
Liaoling, Jilin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia |
Pearl River |
2214 |
1375.7 |
453,690 |
South China Sea |
China |
Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Jiangxi, |
Hai River |
1329 |
826 |
318,200 |
Bohai Sea |
China |
Hebei,Tianji, Beijing, Henan, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shandong |
Yarlung River |
2840 |
1760 |
912,000 |
Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon |
Tibet Autonomous Region (PRC), India |
Shigatse |
Lancang River |
4350 |
2703 |
795,000 |
Mekong Delta |
China, Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam |
Qinghai, Yunan,Tibet |
Nujiang River |
2816 |
1749.8 |
324,000 |
Andaman Sea |
Tibet Autonomous Region (PRC), Burma(Myanmar) |
Yunan,Tibet |