Wu River (Yangtze tributary)

Wu River
Sancha, Yachi
Wu River
Wujiang drainage basin
EtymologyNamed for 12 peaks of Wu Mountain
Native nameWu Jiang (Chinese)
Location
CountryChina
StateGuizhou
DistrictChongqing
CitiesWushan, Badong, Zigui, Fuling
Physical characteristics
SourceSancha
 • locationWestern Guizhou
MouthYangtze River
 • location
Fuling, Eastern Chongqing Municipality
Length1,150 km (710 mi)
Basin size80,300 km2 (31,000 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationGongtan[1]
 • average1,108 m3/s (39,100 cu ft/s)[2]
 • minimum272 m3/s (9,600 cu ft/s)
 • maximum3,340 m3/s (118,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemYangtze River system
Tributaries 
 • leftLiuchong River, Furong River
 • rightNanming River, Yu River (Hubei), Ya River

The Wu River (Chinese: 乌江; pinyin: Wū Jiāng) is the largest southern tributary of the Yangtze River. Nearly its entire length of 1,150 kilometres (710 mi) runs within the isolated, mountainous and ethnically diverse province of Guizhou. The river takes drainage from a 80,300-square-kilometre (31,000 sq mi) watershed.

The river flows through the Liupanshui, Anshun, Guiyang (the capital), Qiannan, and Zunyi Districts of Guizhou. All nine regions of the province have at least partial drainage to the river.

  1. ^ "Wujiang discharge at Gongtan". Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment. River Discharge Database. 1980–1982. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  2. ^ "Wujiang discharge at Gongtan". Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment. River Discharge Database. 1980–1982. Retrieved 2010-08-20.