Yili River
River in Yunnan Province
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The Yili River or Yili He[4] (Chinese: 以禮河),[5] originally named "Yini River" (以尼河),[6] from the Yi language. In the noun "Yini", "Yi" refers water, and "Ni" refers willow, which means to insert willows by the river,[7] so it is also called "Willow River" (柳树河).[8]
| Yili River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Native name | 以禮河 (Chinese)[1] |
| Location | |
| Country | Yunnan Province[2] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 26°46′49″N 102°59′30″E |
| Length | 122 kilometers[3] |
Located in Yunnan Province of People's Republic of China,[9] it is a river in the Yangtze River basin, which merges into the right bank of the Jinsha River[10] and belongs to the Jinsha River system.
Yili River is 122 kilometers long,[11] with a drainage area of 2,558 square kilometers[12] and an average annual flow of 39 cubic meters per second.
