#nu river

Nujiang Guide: travel info, best routes, and images

Nujiang Guide – Until recently, Nujiang Valley was undoubtedly the last frontier of tourism in Yunnan. The valley created by the waters of the Nu River winds for about two hundred kilometers and is stretched between inaccessible mountain walls covered by intricate forests. Once, the only road built along the slopes was often obstructed by landslides that could interrupt the flow of traffic even…

Yún (云/雲) – Yunling Mtns. nán (南) – south "Land South of the Yunling"

The province borders Vietnam, Laos and Burma.

Nu Jiang--which means "Angry River" in Chinese (The river is actually named after the Nu tribe that lives in the area but Chinese having no phonetic script had to use a character with a similar sound as Nu and that happens to be the character for rage) 16 mountains.

The three rivers, Lancang River, Nu River, Jinsha River, originates from the Tanggula Mountain which is located on the Qinghai Tibet plateau.