Xiang Jiang
| Xiang Jiang | ||
 Map with the catchment area and course of the Xiang Jiang (dark yellow) |
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| Data | ||
| location | Guangxi , Hunan ( PR China ) | |
| River system | Yangtze River | |
| Drain over | Yangtze River → East China Sea | |
| Headwaters | east of Guilin | |
| muzzle | at Xiangyin in the Dongting Hu ( Yangtze River ) Coordinates: 29 ° 26 '19 " N , 113 ° 8' 16" E 29 ° 26 '19 " N , 113 ° 8' 16" E
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| length | 856 km to Dongting Hu ( Yangtze River ) | |
| Catchment area | 96,400 km² | |
| Discharge at the Xiangtan gauge Location: 130 km above the mouth |
NNQ MQ HHQ |
102 m³ / s 2107 m³ / s 19,800 m³ / s |
| Drain at the mouth |
MQ |
2288 m³ / s |
The Xiang Jiang (湘江) or Xiang River , also known as Xiang Shui (湘水), is the largest river in the Chinese province of Hunan and the largest tributary of Lake Dongting Hu , which is also traversed by the water of large southern branches of the Yangtze River .
It is 856 kilometers long and its catchment area is 96,400 square kilometers. The largest cities along its course are Changsha , the provincial capital of Hunan, as well as Xiangtan , Zhuzhou and Hengyang .
Web links
Commons : Xiang Jiang - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ The Environmental Protection Industrial Association (Hunan) et al .: The investigation on wastewater treatment technology, equipment and market over Hunan province ( Memento of March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) , 2002
- ↑ T. Ding, D. Wan, C. Wang, F. Zhang: Silicon isotope compositions of dissolved silicon and suspended matter in the Yangtze River, China ( Memento of March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 205–216, 2004 (The information in the literature varies between 2000 m³ / s and 2500 m³ / s.)