三江源

Traditional form:

三江源

Pinyin (reading):

Sānjiāngyuán

Definitions:

• Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River

Characters:

• 三 - three
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 源 - spring; source, root, head; surname

Traditional characters:

• 三 - three
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 源 - spring; source, root, head; surname