“三江并流”是指金沙江、澜沧江和怒江这三条发源于青藏高原的大江在云南省境内自北向南并行奔流170多公里,穿越担当力卡山、高黎贡山、怒山和云岭等崇山峻岭之间,形成世界上罕见的“江水并流而不交汇”的奇特自然地理景观。其间澜沧江与金沙江最短直线距离为66公里,澜沧江与怒江的最短直线距离不到19公里。 “Three Parallel Rivers” refers to the Jinsha River, the Lancang River and the Nu River, which originate from the three major rivers of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. They flow more than 170 kilometers in parallel from north to south in Yunnan Province. They cross Likashan, Gaoligongshan, Nuanshan and Yunling Such as the mountains between the formation of rare in the world, “the river flows without convergence” strange natural landscape. In the meantime, the shortest linear distance between Lancang River and Jinsha River is 66 km, and the shortest straight line distance between Lancang River and Nu River is less than 19 km.