List of rivers of China
This incomplete list of rivers that flow through China is organized according to the body of water into which each river empties, beginning with the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast, moving clockwise on a map and ending with the Arctic Ocean.
[Sea of Okhotsk]
- Heilong River
- *Ussuri River
- **Muling River
- ** Songacha River
- * Songhua River
- **Ashi River
- ** Hulan River
- ** Second Songhua River
- ** Woken River
- ** Mudan River
- ** Nen River
- ***Gan River
- **Huifa River
- * Argun
- **Hailar River
- **Hulun Lake
- ***Kherlen River
- ***Buir Lake
[Sea of Japan]
- Suifen River / Razdolnaya River
- Tumen River
- * Hunchun River
[Bohai Sea]
- Anzi River
- Fuzhou River
- Daliao River
- Liao
- *Taizi River
- * Hun River
- * Liu River
- *Dongliao River
- *Xiliao River
- ** Xar Moron River
- Daling River
- Yantai River
- Liugu River
- Shi River
- Gou River
- Dashi River
- Jiujiang River
- Dai River
- Yang River
- Luan
- Hai
- *Chaobai River
- **Chao River
- **Bai River
- * Wei
- * Zhang
- * Yongding
- ** Sanggan River
- ** Yang He
- * Daqing River
- **Juma River
- * Wei
- Tuhai River
- Yellow River
- *Luo River
- *Yi River
- * Qin River
- *Wei
- ** Jing
- ** Luo River
- *Fen
- *Yan River
- *Wuding River
- *Kuye River
- *Dahei River
- *Qingshui River
- *Zuli River
- *Tao River
- *Daxia River
- *Star River
- *White River
- Xiaoqing
- * Zihe River
- * Tahe River
- ** Yanghe River
- * Zhangseng River
- **Mihe River
[Yellow Sea]
- Yalu - Korea Bay
- Dayang River - Korea Bay
- Huli River - Korea Bay
- Yingna River - Korea Bay
- Zhuang River - Korea Bay
- Xiaosi River - Korea Bay
- Jiao
- Yishui River
- * Shu
- * Si
- Northern Jiangsu Irrigation Channel
- *Hongze Lake
- **Huai
- ***Hui River
- ***Guo River
- *** Ying River - also known as Shaying River
- ***Xiaorun River
- ***Gu River
- ***Shiguan
- ****Guan River
- ****Hong River
- ***Huang River
- ***Lü River
- ***Ming River
- ***You River
- ***Yue River, Shaanxi
[East China Sea]
- Yangtze River
- *Huangpu River
- **Suzhou Creek or Wusong River
- *Xitiao River
- **Daxi Creek
- * Grand Canal
- * Qinhuai River
- **Gaoyou Lake
- ***Sanhe River
- ****Hongze Lake
- *****Huai River
- *Guxi River
- **Shijiu Lake
- *Yuxi River
- **Lake Chao
- **Nanfei River
- *Qingyi River
- **Jingshan River
- **Daoni River
- **Zhaxi River
- **Machuan River
- **Taiping Lake
- ***Sanxikou River
- ***Qingxi River
- ***Shuxi River
- * Poyang Lake
- ** Gan River
- *** Zhang
- *** Gongshui
- **** Mei
- **** Xiang
- ** Fuhe
- ** Xin
- * Fushui
- * She River
- * Han River
- ** Chi
- ** Muma
- ** Du River
- *Lake Dongting
- **Miluo River
- ** Xiang
- *** Xiaoshui
- *** Zhengshui
- **Zijiang
- **Yuanjiang
- **Lishui
- ***Loushui River
- *Qing River
- *Huangbo River
- *Shennong Stream
- *Daning River
- *Wu River
- * Modao Creek
- * Jialing
- ** Fujiang
- ** Qujiang
- ** Baishui
- ** Bailong
- ** Liuchong River
- * Longxi River
- * Huaxi River
- * Qi River
- * Sunxi River
- * Wu River
- * Qingshuihe River
- * Tuo River
- * Chishui River
- * Min
- **Dadu River
- ***Qingyi Jiang
- ***Nanya River
- **Caopo River
- * Yalong River
- ** Muli River
- * Shuoduogang River
- * Dianchi Lake
- Qiantang River / Xin'an River
- *Heng River
- **Longchuan River
- **Fengxi River
- Cao'e River
- Yong River
- Jiao River
- Ou River
- Mulan River
- *Xikou River
- *Dajixi River
[South China Sea]
- Han
- *Mei
- ** Ning
- *Ting
- *Dajing
- Pearl River
- * Dongjiang
- * Liuxihe River
- * Beijiang
- * Xinfeng River
- * Xijiang
- ** Guijiang
- *** Lijiang
- ** Xunjiang
- *** Qian
- ****Liu River
- *****Rong River
- ****Hongshui
- *****Beipan
- *****Nanpan
- ******Qu River
- *******Lian River
- *** Yujiang
- **** Yongjiang
- ***** Zuojiang
- *****Youjiang
- Beilun River
- Yuan River /
- *Nanwen River / Lô River
- *Lixian River /
- Lancang River
- *Nanju River
- *Nanla River
- *Luosuo River
From [Hainan Island]
- Nandu River
- *Haidian River
- Wanquan River
[Andaman Sea]
- Nu River /
- * Wanma River
- * Hongyang River
- * Mengboluo River
- * Supa River
- * Shidian River
- * Luomingba River
- Irrawaddy River
- *Daying River /
- *Longchuan River /
- *N'Mai River
- **Dulong River
[Bay of Bengal]
- Meghna River
- * Ganges River / Padma River
- ** Yarlung Tsangpo River
- ***Subansiri River
- ***Lhasa River
- ***Parlung Tsangpo
- ****Yigong Tsangpo
- ***Zayuqu / Lohit River
- ***Nyang River
- **Manas River
- ***Lhobrak Chhu / Kuri Chhu
- **''Kosi River
- ***Bum Chu / Arun River
- ***Matsang Tsangpo / Sun Kosi
- ***Rongshar Tsangpo / Bhote Koshi
- **Ghaghara River
[Arabian Sea]
- Sênggê Zangbo / Indus River
- *Panjnad River
- **Langqên Zangbo / Sutlej River
[Arctic Ocean]
- Ob River
- * Irtysh
- ** Bieliezeke River
- ** Haba River
- **Burqin River
- ***Kanas River
- ****Kanas Lake
- ***Hemu River
- ** Kala Irtysh River
[Endorheic basin]s
[Dzungarian Basin]
- Ulungur Lake
- * Ulungur River
- Manas Lake
- * Manas River
- Ailik Lake
- * Baiyang River
Ili Basin
- Lake Balkhash
- * Ili river
- ** Kax River
- ** Tekes River
[Juyan Lake Basin]
- Ejin River
Lake Alakol
- Lake Alakol
- * Emil River
- Lake Zhalanashkol
- * Terekty River
[Qaidam Basin]
- Golmud River
[Tarim Basin]
- Qiemo River
- Kaidu River
- Tarim River - ends in the Lop Lake
- * Muzat River
- *Khotan River
- ** Karakash
- ** Yurungkash
- *Aksu River
- **Toshkan River
- *Yarkand River
- **Kashgar River
- **Tashkurgan River
- **Shaksgam River
- Shule River
- *Dang River
- *Lucao River
- **Yulin River
- *Changma River
- Karatash River
[Canals]
- Grand Canal of China
- Lingqu Canal, between the basins of the Pearl River and the Yangtze
- Irtysh–Karamay–Ürümqi Canal