the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a region in northwestern Yunnan where three major rivers – the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze) 金沙江jīnshājiāng, Lancang River (Mekong) 澜沧江láncāngjiāng, and Nu River (Salween) 怒江nùjiāng – run roughly parallel to each other for over 300 kilometers, recognized as a World Heritage Site