Editing Guizhou (section)

=== Hydrology ===
Guizhou Province's rivers are located in the upper reaches of the [[Yangtze|Yangtze River]] and [[Pearl River]] basins, with 69 counties falling within the scope of the Yangtze River protective forest conservation area,<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAOLEX |url=https://www.fao.org/faolex/results/details/en/c/LEX-FAOC200902/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=www.fao.org}}</ref> making it an important ecological barrier for the upper reaches of both the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers. The water system of the province flows from the west and center towards the north, east, and south according to the terrain. Miao Ridge serves as the watershed between the Yangtze and Pearl River basins; to the north lies the Yangtze River basin, covering an area of 115,747 square kilometers, accounting for 65.7% of the province's total land area, with major rivers including: [[Wu River (Yangtze tributary)|Wu River]], [[Chishui River]], [[Qingshuijiang, Liling|Qingshuijiang]], Hongzhou River(洪州河), [[Wu River (Yuan River, north)|Wuyang River]], [[Jinjiang, Chengdu|Jinjiang]], Songtao River(松桃河), Songkan River(松坎河), Niulan River(牛栏江), Hengjiang(横江), etc.; to the south of Miao Ridge lies the Pearl River basin, covering an area of 60,420 square kilometers, accounting for 34.3% of the province's total land area, with major rivers including: [[Nanpan River]], [[Beipan River]], [[Hongshui River]], [[Duliu River]], Dagou River(打狗河), etc. Guizhou has a large number of rivers with continuous flow, and there are 984 rivers with a length of more than 10 kilometers.