1984 Trip on Yangzi - Chongqing to Shanghai

9. Upper Reaches of the Yangzi River

The Upper Reaches of the Yangzi from the source in Qinghai province to Yichang in Hubei Province, is a distance of some 4,400 kilometers. This stretch is one of great beauty with wild mountain ranges, unbroken ravines, rapids that cannot be navigated, and rushing torrents. The famous Three Gorges are included in this section, as is the Sichuan Basin.