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title: "Sanjiangyuan (三江源) - AP Chinese"
description: "the headwaters region of the Yangtze, Yellow, and Lancang rivers, treated as a critical ecological protection zone in China"
canonical: "https://fiveable.me/ap-chinese/key-terms/sanjiangyuan"
type: "key-term"
subject: "AP Chinese"
unit: "Unit 6"
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# Sanjiangyuan (三江源) - AP Chinese

## Definition

the headwaters region of the Yangtze, Yellow, and Lancang rivers, treated as a critical ecological protection zone in China

## Related Study Guides

- [6.2 Natural World | 自然世界 | 自然世界](/ap-chinese/unit-6/natural-world/study-guide/UW7xKqeSnkhD4XH5DZ8w)