Chin-sha-chiang

Chinsha Chiang Chin-sha Chiang Chin Sha Chiang English Etymology From the en cmn-wadegiles - romanization of cmn 金沙江 Jīnshājiāng Wade-Giles romanization: Chin¹-sha¹-chiang¹. Proper noun 1 1 en Jinsha Jiang. en 1916 May F. Kingdon Ward Further Geological Notes on the Land of Deep Corrosions w:The Geological Magazine https://archive.org/details/geologicalmagazi631916wood/page/n238/ 623 0016-7568 2139602 211 https://archive.org/details/geologicalmagazi631916wood/page/211/ It is much more likely that the Chin-sha-chiang (reserving this name for the southward-flowing upper portion of the Yangtze) did actually continue southwards past Likiang, being subsequently beheaded by the upper course of the eastward-flowing portion cutting back westwards; the southern portion of the Chin-sha-chiang, being thus isolated from its source, ultimately disappearing. en 1946 w:James Hornell The Coracle in Asia Water Transport: Origins & Early Evolution https://archive.org/details/watertransportor0000horn/ w:David & Charles 1970 0715348604 98793 100 https://archive.org/details/watertransportor0000horn/page/100/ In a coracle of this form, Kingdon Ward (1913, 129) travelled 15 miles downstream from Batang on the Chin-sha-chiang, a tributary of the Yangtze; its length was barely 6 feet, the breadth 3 feet and the depth 5 feet. en 1948 F. W. Thomas Introduction Nam: An Ancient Language of the Sino-Tibetan Borderland https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2889/ w:Oxford University Press 5193274 3–4 https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2889/page/4/ The great Ña(g)-chu, or Ya-lung river, which with its tributaries issues from the southern slopes of the Bayankara range and ultimately joins the Hbri-chu, now Chin-sha-chiang, on its left bank, has perhaps a more precipitous upper course. en 1977 w:Kwang-chih Chang Early Civilizations in South China The Archaeology of Ancient China https://archive.org/details/archaeologyofanc0000chan_j7r3/ w:Yale University Press 3rd 0-300-02145-3 77-23212 2797750 454 https://archive.org/details/archaeologyofanc0000chan_j7r3/page/454/ In this connection, Wu Chin-ting’s investigations during 1938-40 in Ta-li Hsien, in the Lake Erh and Tien-ts’ang Mountain area of western Yunnan a little way below the Chin-sha-chiang, are highly important. en