the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a region in northwestern Yunnan where three major rivers – the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze) 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 Jiang1]{gam1 saa1 gong1}, Lancang River (Mekong) 瀾滄江|澜沧江[Lan2 cang1 Jiang1]{laan4 cong1 gong1}, and Nu River (Salween) 怒江[Nu4 Jiang1]{nou6 gong1} – run roughly parallel to each other for over 300 kilometers, recognized as a World Heritage Site
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1the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a region in northwestern Yunnan where three major rivers – the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze) 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 Jiang1]{gam1 saa1 gong1}, Lancang River (Mekong) 瀾滄江|澜沧江[Lan2 cang1 Jiang1]{laan4 cong1 gong1}, and Nu River (Salween) 怒江[Nu4 Jiang1]{nou6 gong1} – run roughly parallel to each other for over 300 kilometers, recognized as a World Heritage Site