Jinsha River (Chinese: 金沙江; pinyin: Jīnshā Jiāng; literally "Golden Sands River") is the westernmost of the major headwater streams of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang).
It flows through the Qinghai, and Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in western China. The river passes through Tiger Leaping Gorge, and has portions within the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas.
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