gàn
liú

technical
noun
geography

Meaning of 干流

干流 means main stream; main river; trunk stream. Pronounced gàn liú.

  • main stream; main river; trunk stream

Definitions & Examples

Cháng
Jiāng
gàn
liú
liú
jīng
Zhōng
guó
shí
shěng
 
zhì
zhí
xiá
shì
 

The main stream of the Yangtze River flows through eleven provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government in China.

Zhè
tiáo
de
gàn
liú
shuǐ
liàng
fēi
cháng
fēng
 
dàn
zhī
liú
duō
jīng
gān
 

The main stream of this river is very abundant in water volume, but most of its tributaries have already dried up.

Huáng
gàn
liú
quán
cháng
qiān
duō
gōng
 
shì
Zhōng
guó
èr
cháng
 

The main stream of the Yellow River has a total length of over five thousand kilometers, making it the second longest river in China.