12-5  Drainage Area of Rivers
River	Drainage	Percentage
	Area
	(sq.km)	to Total (%)
Total of Out-flowing Rivers and Inland Rivers	9559370	100.00
Out-flowing Rivers	6114728	63.97
Heilongjiang River and Suifenhe River	875342	9.16
Liaohe, Yalujiang and Related Coastal Rivers	345207	3.61
Haihe River and Luanhe River	318161	3.33
Huanghe River (Yellow River)	752443	7.87
Huaihe and Related Coastal Rivers in Shandong Province	329211	3.44
Changjiang River (Yangtze River)	1808500	18.92
Rivers in Zhejiang, Fujian and Taiwan Provinces	239803	2.51
Zhujiang River (Pearl River) and Related Coastal River	580640	6.07
Yuanjiang River and Lancang River	240652	2.52
Nujiang River and West Yunnan Rivers	157156	1.64
Brahmaputra and Southern Tibet Rivers	396258	4.15
Western Tibet Rivers	57340	0.60
Ertix River	50000	0.52
Inland Rivers	3408659	35.66
Rivers in Inner Mongolia	300067	3.14
Rivers in Huanghe Upper Reach Area	488301	5.11
Rivers in Zhunger Basin	316530	3.31
Rivers in Central Asia	93130	0.97
Rivers in Tarim Basin	1074810	11.24
Rivers in Qinghai Province	316285	3.31
Rivers in Qiangtang	721182	7.54
Blind Drainage Areas of Songhua River, Huanghe	90353	0.95
River and Southern Tibet
a) Figures in the table are obtained from preliminary measurements and tabulated data by water conservancy departments, and are subject to further
verification.