Where is the mouth of the Yangtze River?

The mouth of the Yangtze River is in Shanghai.

The Yangtze River estuary is located in Chongming Island, Shanghai. The Yangtze River estuary is a section of water where the Yangtze River flows into the East China Sea, with a total length of about 323 kilometers and a trumpet shape. The Yangtze River is the most abundant river in China, with a total water resource of 961600 million cubic meters, ranking third in the world.

The Yangtze River estuary is an important water source in Shanghai, which has many functions such as industrial and agricultural water intake, navigation, pollution reception, reclamation and ecology. The Yangtze estuary has become one of the important supports for Shanghai to build a world-class city, and the development, utilization and protection of its water resources have become the focus of attention.

Changjiang estuary

The Yangtze River estuary refers to a section of the Yangtze River at the mouth of the East China Sea, which is about 232 kilometers long from Eguanbi in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province to Ji Gu Reef at the mouth of the sea. The plane of the Yangtze estuary is trumpet-shaped, with a width of 5.8 km at the narrow mouth and 90 km at the wide mouth.

A section of the Yangtze River estuary where larger tributaries flow into Huangpu River, Liuhe River and Li Anqi River. , which is a multi-tributary reach divided by islands and sandbars, is mainly composed of north branch, south branch, north port, south port, north trough and south trough. The Yangtze River Estuary is the gateway of the Yangtze River to the sea and ocean transportation, with numerous navigation channels and ports, which laid the foundation for the economic prosperity of Shanghai and eastern Jiangsu, and gradually became one of the fastest-growing areas in China.