See Also: Yalong River(encyclopedia)
Bio-Bio River(encyclopedia)
Red River(dictionary)
Vah River(encyclopedia)
River(casino)
Forth, River(encyclopedia)
Min River(encyclopedia)
down-river(dictionary)
river(1)(dictionary)
river(2)(dictionary)

coccyx (iou) and Yalong River (sh)


coccyx (iou)



coccyx noun. . L16.
[Latin from Greek kokkux, -ug- (orig.) cuckoo: from its resemblance (in humans) to a cuckoo's beak.]
Anatomy. The small triangular bone forming the lower end of the spinal column in humans and some apes; the analogous part in birds or Other vertebrates.

Yalong River (sh)




or Ya-lung River

River, Sichuan province, southern China.

It rises in mountains at an elevation of nearly 16,500 ft (5,000 m) in Qinghai province and flows into the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) on the Yunnan border. It is 822 mi (1,323 km) long. It is torrential for most of its course and is unnavigable.