Batang River (Sichuan)

The Batang (Chinese: 巴ともえ塘河, p Batánghé) or Ba Chu (Chinese: 巴ともえ曲きょく, p Baqū; Tibetan: དཔལ་ཆུ།, w Dpal Chu, z Bä Qu) is an 140-kilometer (87 mi) long river in Sichuan province in the People's Republic of China. It is located near Batang town (巴ともえ塘镇), not the Batang township (巴ともえ搪乡) near Gyêgu in Qinghai.

The Batang is a tributary of the Yangtze river system.^[1] The main course of the river is the Jinsha, into which the Batang empties.^[1] Its watershed covers 3,100 square kilometers (1,200 sq mi); its average flow is 54 m³ per second.

References

^ ^a ^b Chen, Jin (2019-06-07). Evolution and Water Resources Utilization of the Yangtze River. Springer. ISBN 978-981-13-7872-0.

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[:0-1] Chen, Jin (2019-06-07). Evolution and Water Resources Utilization of the Yangtze River. Springer. ISBN 978-981-13-7872-0.

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