三江并流

Traditional form:

三江並流

Pinyin (reading):

Sān Jiāng Bìngliú

Definitions:

• the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a region in northwestern Yunnan where three major rivers – the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze) 金沙江 ( Jīnshā Jiāng), Lancang River (Mekong) 瀾滄江／澜沧江 ( Láncāng Jiāng), and Nu River (Salween) 怒江 ( Nù Jiāng) – run roughly parallel to each other for over 300 kilometers, recognized as a World Heritage Site

Characters:

• 三 - three
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 并 - to combine, to annex; also, what's more
• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class

Traditional characters:

• 三 - three
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 並 - to combine, to annex; also, what's more
• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class