Miluo Jiang
| Miluo Jiang | ||
 Map with the catchment area and course of the Miluo Jiang River (brown) |
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| Data | ||
| location | Hunan ( PR China ) | |
| River system | Yangtze River | |
| Drain over | Xiang Jiang (Dongting Lake) → Yangtze River → East China Sea | |
| origin | Confluence of two source rivers | |
| muzzle | in the Dongting Sea Coordinates: 29 ° 0 ′ 4 ″ N , 112 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E 29 ° 0 ′ 4 ″ N , 112 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E
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| length | 250 km | |
| Catchment area | 4053 km² | |
 The Miluo Jiang in Miluo |
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The Miluo Jiang ( Chinese 汨羅 江 / 汨罗 江 , Pinyin Mìluó Jiāng , English Miluo River ) is a river in northeast Hunan , which is one of the most important tributaries of the Dongting Lake ( Dongting Hu ), which flows further into the Yangtze River .
The Miluo Jiang has two headwaters: the eastern one has its source in Xiushui County in Jiangxi , the western one in Pingjiang County in Hunan . The city of Miluo lies on its lower reaches.
It is 250 km long and has a catchment area of 4053 square kilometers.
See also
Web links
Commons : Miluo Jiang - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Footnotes
- ↑ Cihai , Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5 , p. 1164.