| 12-2 Major Rivers | |||
| River | |||
| Drainage Area | Length | Annual Flow | |
| (sq.km) | (km) | (100 million cu.m) | |
| Changjiang River (Yangtze River) | 1782715 | 6300 | 9857 |
| Huanghe River (Yellow River) | 752773 | 5464 | 592 |
| Songhuajiang River | 561222 | 2308 | 818 |
| Liaohe River | 221097 | 1390 | 137 |
| Zhujiang River (Pearl River) | 442527 | 2214 | 3381 |
| Haihe River | 265511 | 1090 | 163 |
| Huaihe River | 268957 | 1000 | 595 |
| a) Figures in this table are obtained from Ministry of Water Resources, and are from the second water resources evaluation between 2002 and 2005. | |||