Wu River (Yangtze tributary)

Wu River Sancha, Yachi
Wu River
Wujiang drainage basin
Etymology	Named for 12 peaks of Wu Mountain
Native name	Wu Jiang (Chinese)
Location
Country	China
State	Guizhou
District	Chongqing
Cities	Wushan, Badong, Zigui, Fuling
Physical characteristics
Source	Sancha
• location	Western Guizhou
Mouth	Yangtze River
• location	Fuling, Eastern Chongqing Municipality
Length	1,150 km (710 mi)
Basin size	80,300 km2 (31,000 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Gongtan[1]
• average	1,108 m3/s (39,100 cu ft/s)[2]
• minimum	272 m3/s (9,600 cu ft/s)
• maximum	3,340 m3/s (118,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system	Yangtze River system
Tributaries
• left	Liuchong River, Furong River
• right	Nanming River, Yu River (Hubei), Ya River

The Wu River (Chinese: 乌江; pinyin: Wū Jiāng) is the largest southern tributary of the Yangtze River. Nearly its entire length of 1,150 kilometres (710 mi) runs within the isolated, mountainous and ethnically diverse province of Guizhou. The river takes drainage from a 80,300-square-kilometre (31,000 sq mi) watershed.

The river flows through the Liupanshui, Anshun, Guiyang (the capital), Qiannan, and Zunyi Districts of Guizhou. All nine regions of the province have at least partial drainage to the river.