Yili River

This article is about the river in Yunnan, China. For the river in Xinjiang, China and Kazakhstan, see Ili (river).
Yili River
Native name以禮河 (Chinese)[2]
Location
CountryYunnan Province[1]
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • coordinates
26°46′49″N 102°59′30″E / 26.7804°N 102.9916°E / 26.7804; 102.9916
Length122 kilometers[3]

The Yili River or Yili He[4] (Chinese: 以禮河),[5] originally named "Yini River" (以尼河),[6] from the Yi language. In the noun "Yini", "Yi" refers water, and "Ni" refers willow, which means to insert willows by the river, [7] so it is also called "Willow River" (柳树河). [8]

Located in Yunnan Province of People's Republic of China, [9] it is a river in the Yangtze River basin, which merges into the right bank of the Jinsha River[10] and belongs to the Jinsha River system.

Yili River is 122 kilometers long, [11] with a drainage area of 2,558 square kilometers[12] and an average annual flow of 39 cubic meters per second.

References

  1. ^ "Ninety-year-old Chinese Academy of Sciences member Lin Gao: "Standing to a higher peak"". Guang Ming Daily. 2019-11-18.
  2. ^ Fei HUANG (5 April 2018). Reshaping the Frontier Landscape: Dongchuan in Eighteenth-century Southwest China. Brill Publishers. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-90-04-36256-7.
  3. ^ Karst Research Group, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1979). Chinese Karst Research. China Science Publishing & Media.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ SinoMaps Press (1983). Atlas by Provinces of the People's Republic of China. SinoMaps Press.
  5. ^ Nanny Kim (9 December 2019). Mountain Rivers, Mountain Roads: Transport in Southwest China, 1700‐1850. Brill Publishers. pp. 375–. ISBN 978-90-04-41617-8.
  6. ^ "Huize County". China News Service. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. ^ "Qujing Self-driving North Line Historical and Cultural Experience Tour". Sina. 2016-05-31.
  8. ^ Qujing Regional History. Yunnan People's Publishing House. 1995. ISBN 978-7-222-02233-1.
  9. ^ Xuezhong Yu; Daming He; Phouvin Phousavanh (12 September 2018). Balancing River Health and Hydropower Requirements in the Lancang River Basin. Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 167–. ISBN 9789811315657.
  10. ^ History of Yunnan Province. Yunnan People's Publishing House. 1994. ISBN 9787222014954.
  11. ^ "Yili River Scenic Area". Sina. 2015-11-30.
  12. ^ "Walk to the source of the Pearl River". People's Daily. 2001-03-30.


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