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Interactive map with China's river basins, showing river names in Chinese. Table of rivers in China with Chinese names and useful data (dead link 01:15, 4 March 2013 (UTC)) v
The valley of the Zhuanglang River was the main route of the eastern part of the Hexi Corridor on the ancient Silk Road. Nowadays, the G30 Lianhuo Expressway, China National Highway G312 and the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway all run along the river, making it a major traffic route between China proper and the northwestern areas. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (Chinese: 云南三江并流; pinyin: Yúnnán Sānjiāng Bìngliú) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Yunnan province, China. It lies within the drainage basins of the upper reaches of the Jinsha ( Yangtze ), Lancang ( Mekong ) and Nujiang ( Salween ) rivers, in the Yunnan section of the ...
Physiographic macroregions of China is a term suggested by an American anthropologist G. William Skinner as a subdivision of China Proper into nine areas according to the drainage basins of the major rivers and other travel-constraining geomorphological features.
The Liao River is formed from the confluence of its two main tributaries, the Xiliao River from the west, and Dongliao River from the east. The western tributary resides entirely in Inner Mongolia, and is formed by the confluence of the Xar Moron River and the Laoha River at approximately 43° 25' N, 120° 45' E, before being reinforced by another tributary called the Xinkai River at its lower ...
Gu further theorized that "中国本部", [20] the Chinese and Japanese term equal to "China proper" at the time, actually originated from Japan and was translated into "China proper", hence the concept of "China proper" was developed by Japanese people, and it had become a tool to divide Chinese people, making way for the Japanese invasion of ...
In 1987, Tibet proposed developing the central basin of the One River, Two Rivers Project area, and by 1988, the project was recognized as a national key development zone. The State Council officially approved the comprehensive development plan in 1991, making it a significant national project during China's Eighth Five-Year Plan (1991–1995 ...
The Daliao River (simplified Chinese: 大辽河; traditional Chinese: 大遼河; pinyin: Dàliáohé, "Great Liao River") is a major river system in eastern Liaoning province of Northeast China, and formerly the main distributary of the lower Liao River until 1958.