The watershed between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River is in Aba, Sichuan. On both sides of this mountain ridge is the Baihe River in the Yellow River system, and on the other side is the Suomo River in the upper reaches of the Dadu River in the Yangtze River system. This inconspicuous mountain ridge has become It is the watershed of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, which is well-known at home and abroad. Extended information
At the junction of the northwest of Aba County and Jiuzhi County of Qinghai Province, there is a spacious grassland called the watershed. On the flat grassland, the two mother rivers of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers merge together on the grass carpet. Join hands and extend to the foot of the sacred Lianbao Yeze Mountain Scenic Area. Standing on the wide provincial transit highway and looking up, you can see the two mother rivers of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River flowing hand in hand from the vast grassland on the top of the mountain into the distance. The two clear springs at the foot of the mountain are a tourist attraction for root-seeking trips to the mother rivers of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers.
The birthplace of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River
1. The Yellow River originates from the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province. It is shaped like a "ji" and flows through Qinghai and Sichuan. , Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong nine provinces. Because the middle section of the river flows through China's Loess Plateau, it carries a large amount of sediment, so it is also known as the river with the most sediment in the world.
2. The Yangtze River originates from the "roof of the world" - the southwest side of the Geladandong Peak in the Tanggula Mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The main stream flows through 11 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities such as Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanghai, and flows into the East China Sea to the east of Chongming Island. The total length is about 6300km, which is longer than the Yellow River (5464km). With a length of more than 800 kilometers, it is the third longest river in the world after the Nile River in Africa and the Amazon River in South America.