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.