Wu River (Yangtze tributary)
| Wu River Sancha, Yachi | |
|---|---|
Wu River | |
Wujiang drainage basin | |
| Etymology | Named for 12 peaks of Wu Mountain |
| Native name | Wu Jiang (Chinese) |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| State | Guizhou |
| District | Chongqing |
| Cities | Wulong, Fuling |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Sancha |
| • location | Western Guizhou |
| Mouth | Yangtze River |
• location | Fuling, Eastern Chongqing Municipality |
| Length | 1,150 km (710 mi) |
| Basin size | 80,300 km2 (31,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Gongtan |
| • average | 1,108 m3/s (39,100 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 272 m3/s (9,600 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 3,340 m3/s (118,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Yangtze River system |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Liuchong River, Furong River |
| • right | Nanming 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.