三江並流

1. • 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

Character by character

• 三(sān)surname San
• 江(jiāng)surname Jiang
• 並(bìng)and
• 流(liú)flow