乌江流域人口众多,物产丰富,流经川、黔、湘、鄂4省46个县市。乌江承担了该流域对外运输量的90%,1985年货运量达144.4万 t、客运量达195.4万人次,2000年货运量将达466万 t、客运量达520万人次。乌江河口是乌江与长江衔接的咽喉,目前在枯水期乌江仅有唯一的通道——灌口航漕与 The Wujiang River basin is populous with rich natural resources and flows through 46 counties and cities in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan and Hubei provinces. Wujiang undertook 90% of the volume of its outward transportation in the basin. In 1985, the cargo volume reached 1.444 million tons and the passenger volume reached 1.954 million. In 2000, the cargo volume will reach 4.66 million tons and the passenger volume will reach 5.2 million. Wujiang Estuary is the throat linking the Wujiang River with the Yangtze River. At present, there is only one passage in the Wujiang River during the dry season -