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"China River Basins". WorldMap. Harvard University. 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))
Ulungur Lake: Xinjiang: 827 Saline West Lake: Zhejiang: 5.6 Fresh West Dabusun Lake (Xidabuxun) Qinghai: 0–30 Saline Wu Lake: Hubei: 21.2 Fresh Xiaobiele Lake: Qinghai: 6.3 Saline Xiezuo Lake: Qinghai: 17 Saline Xiliang Lake: Hubei: 85.2 Fresh Xingkai Lake: Heilongjiang and Russia (Amur Oblast) 4070 Fresh Ya'er Lake: Hubei: 18.0 Fresh ...
The Two Rivers and Four Lakes refer to the Li River, Taohua River, Rong Lake, Shan Lake, Gui Lake, and Mulong Lake, which together form the urban water system of Guilin and now serve as tourist attractions. [12] Historically, these rivers and lakes were not interconnected, and some, such as those around Gui Lake, were severely silted.
The river drains 557,180 km 2 (215,130 sq mi) of land, and has an annual discharge of 76.2 km 3 /a (2,410 m 3 /s) to 81.77 km 3 /a (2,591 m 3 /s). [4] [1] [3] The extreme flatness of the Northeast China Plain has caused the river to meander over time, filling the wide plain with oxbow lakes, as remnants of the previous paths of the river.
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The Liao River (simplified Chinese: 辽 河; traditional Chinese: 遼 河; pinyin: Liáo Hé) is the principal river in southern Northeast China, and one of the seven main river systems in China. Its name is derived from the Liao region, a historical name for southern Manchuria , from which the Liaoning province , Liaodong Peninsula , and Liao ...
By the Han dynasty, Jiāng had come to mean any river in Chinese, and this river was distinguished as the "Great River" 大江 (Dàjiāng). The epithet 長 (simplified version 长), meaning "long", was first formally applied to the river during the Six Dynasties period. [citation needed] Various sections of the Yangtze have local names.
The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the second-largest tributary (after the Min River ) in terms of surface runoff , the fifth-largest tributary by drainage area of the Yangtze tributaries.