Tuo River

Tuo River
Tuo River in Luzhou
Location
China
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Ta'ershan, Sichuan
• elevation	2,560 m (8,400 ft)
Mouth	Yangtze River
Length	655 km (407 mi)
Basin size	32,900 km2 (12,700 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	1,000 m3/s (35,000 cu ft/s)

The Tuo River (Chinese: 沱江; pinyin: Tuó Jiāng) is 655-kilometer (407 mi)-long river in Sichuan province of southern China.

The Tuo River is one of the major tributaries of the upper Yangtze River (Chang Jiang).

Geography

The river originates at the northwest edge of Sichuan basin. It flows through Jintang, Jianyang, Ziyang, Zizhong, and Neijiang.

It flows into Yangtze River in Luzhou, Sichuan.

See also

• Index: Tributaries of the Yangtze River
• List of rivers in China
• Great Soviet Encyclopedia