Yalong
Yalong
orYa-lung
(both: yä`lo͞ong`), river, c.800 mi (1,290 km) long, rising in the Kunlun Mts., S Qinghai prov., W China, and flowing S across W Sichuan prov. to the ChangChangor Yangtze
, Mandarin Chang Jiang, longest river of China and of Asia, c.3,880 mi (6,245 km) long, rising in the Tibetan highlands, SW Qinghai prov., W China, and flowing generally E through central China into the East China Sea at Shanghai.
..... Click the link for more information. River near the Yunnan border. It flows through deep gorges and is one of the Chang's longest tributaries.