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Sichuan River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Sichuan River or Chuan Jiang (Sichuanese Pinyin: Cuan1jiang1, pinyin: Chuānjiāng), is the upper portion of Yangtze River from Yibin to Yichang. It is named because the river flows through Sichuan and Chongqing, which was part of Sichuan, in this stretch. The total length of Sichuan River is 1,040km. Major cities along Sichuan River include Yibin, Luzhou, Chongqing, Fuling, Wanzhou and Yichang.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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