Dadu River
The Dadu River (Chinese: 大渡河; pinyin: Dàdù Hé; Wade–Giles: Tatu Ho, Yi: ꍩꍠꒉꄿ, romanized: Chot Zhyr Yy Dda), known in Tibetan as the Gyelmo Ngul Chu (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་མོ་རྔུལ་ཆུ་, Wylie: rgyal mo rngul chu), is a major river located primarily in Sichuan province, southwestern China. The Dadu flows from the eastern Tibetan Plateau into the Sichuan Basin where it joins with the Min River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Measured from its geographic source, the Dadu is actually longer than the Min and thus forms the main stem of the Min River system.
| Dadu River | |
|---|---|
The Dadu River in Danba County | |
Map of the Min and Dadu River drainage basin | |
| Native name | Dadu He (Chinese) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | 33°23′16″N 100°17′32″E Darlag County, Qinghai |
| • elevation | 4,579 m (15,023 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | 29°32′58″N 103°45′53″E Min River at Leshan, Sichuan |
| Length | 1,062 km (660 mi) |
| Basin size | 92,000 km2 (36,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 1,760 m3/s (62,000 cu ft/s) |
Shuangjiangkou Dam, expected to be the tallest dam in the world, is being built on the Dadu River.
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