Yunnan

Yunnan ({{zh-stp |s=云南 |t=雲南 |p=Yúnnán}}; Vietnamese: Vân Nam) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country.

Geography

Yunnan is the most southwestern province in China, with the Tropic of Cancer running through its southern part. The province has an area of 394,000 square km, 4.1 % of the nation's total. The province borders Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Guizhou Province in the east, Sichuan Province in the north, and Tibet Autonomous Region in the northwest. It shares a border of 4,060 km with Myanmar in the west, Laos in the south, and Vietnam in the southeast.

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See also: Maotianshan shales

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Borders

Bordering provinces are Tibet, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi. Bordering countries are Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar.

Related Topics:
Tibet - Sichuan - Guizhou - Guangxi - Countries - Vietnam - Laos - Myanmar

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Elevation

The highest point in the north is the Kawagebo Peak in Deqin County on the Diqing Plateau, which is about 6,740 meters high; and the lowest is in the Honghe River Valley in Hekou County, with an elevation of 76.4 meters.

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Rivers

Several major rivers flow through the province, including:

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• the Mekong (澜沧江; lán cāng jiāng), which empties in the South China Sea via Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam
• the Red River ??/??; hóng hé/yuán jiāng), which empties in the South China Sea via Hanoi, Vietnam
• Salween (怒江; nù jiāng), which empties in the Andaman Sea via Burma
• Yangtse (??; cháng jiāng).