Where is the birthplace of the Yangtze River?

? The Yangtze River originates from Jianggendiru Glacier on the southwest side of Tanggula Glacier in southern Qinghai.

? The Yangtze River flows from here, from west to east, through Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other provinces, and flows into the East China Sea, with a total length of 6,380 kilometers, making it the third largest river in the world. At the source of the Yangtze River, the ice tower is carved with silver jade, just like a graceful girl in the Crystal Palace, and the Qionglou Yuyu, nine miles away, roared down with its glaciers and became the source of the detachment of the first river of the Yangtze River.

From Jiangyuan to Haikou, it can be divided into three sections. Above Yibin, Sichuan, it is upstream; Yibin, Hubei to Yichang is the middle reaches; Below Yichang is the downstream. The upper reaches are about 3,500 kilometers long, and the Chumar River is the northern source of the Yangtze River. Muluwusu River is the southern source of the Yangtze River, with a long process and a large amount of water.

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? There are 14 ethnic autonomous prefectures and 32 ethnic autonomous counties in the Yangtze River basin, which are mainly distributed in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, with few in the middle reaches and no in the lower reaches. The total population of more than 50 ethnic groups in the whole basin is about 400 million, of which Han nationality accounts for about 94.24% and ethnic minorities account for about 5.76%. Among the ethnic minorities in the Yangtze River valley, Tujia, Miao, Yi, Dong, Tibetan, Hui, Buyi, Bai, Yao, Gelao, Naxi, Lisu and Qiang have a population of more than100000.