There are five famous rivers in Sichuan, namely the Yangtze River, Min River, Tuo River, Fujiang River and Jialing River.

1. The Yangtze River originates from the southwest side of the Geladandong Peak of the Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the "Roof of the World", and is the mother river of the Chinese nation. The main stream flows through 11 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, including Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanghai, and flows into the East China Sea east of Chongming Island. It is 6,397 km long, more than 900 km longer than the Yellow River (5,464 km). Among the world's major rivers, it is second only to the Nile River in Africa and the Amazon River in South America. It is the third longest river in the world and the longest river in Asia.

2. The Minjiang River is the most important water resource of the Chengdu Plain. Historically, the irrigation projects represented by the Dujiangyan Irrigation System on the Minjiang River created the Land of Abundance in the Chengdu Plain of Sichuan. The total drop of the Minjiang River is 3,560 meters (some say the total drop is 2,877 meters (▽3143-▽266)), and the basin area is 135,881 square kilometers, of which 126,280 square kilometers are in Sichuan. There are 30 tributaries with a basin area greater than 500 square kilometers, and 10 tributaries with a basin area greater than 1,000 square kilometers. The estuary flow is 2,830 cubic meters per second. The hydropower reserves are 8.2 million kilowatts.