Yuan Jiang (Yangtze River)
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Yuan Jiang Yuan Shui |
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 Map with the catchment area and course of the Yuan Jiang River (light yellow) |
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Hunan ( PR China ) (source rivers in Guizhou ) |
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| River system | Yangtze River | |
| Drain over | Xiang Jiang (Dongting Lake) → Yangtze River → East China Sea | |
| Beginning | at the confluence of Qingshui Jiang and Wu Shui (
舞水 , Wǔ Shuǐ ) in Hong Jiang 28 ° 54 '5 " N , 112 ° 8' 59" O |
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| muzzle | in Hanshou County in the Dongting Sea Coordinates: 28 ° 51 ′ 11 " N , 112 ° 14 ′ 11" E 28 ° 51 ′ 11 " N , 112 ° 14 ′ 11" E
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| length | 1033 km including Qingshui Jiang | |
| Catchment area | 89,163 km² | |
| Drain at the mouth |
MQ |
2158 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | You Shui | |
| Right tributaries | Wu Shui ( 巫 水 , Wū Shuǐ ) | |
The Yuan Jiang ( Chinese 沅江 , Pinyin Yuán Jiāng ) or Yuan Shui ( 沅水 , Yuán Shuǐ ), a navigable tributary of the Yangtze River , is the second largest river in the Chinese province of Hunan after the Xiang Jiang and the seventh largest tributary of the Yangtze River.
The Yuan Jiang has its source in Guizhou Province and flows into the Dongting Lake in northern Hunan , over which its water flows into the Yangtze River. Its river system has a total length of 1033 kilometers, 568 of them in Hunan; the catchment area covers 89,163 square kilometers, the mean water flow is 2158 m³ / s.
Web links
Commons : Yuan Jiang (Yangtze River) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Yuan River in Encyclopaedia Britannica (accessed July 20, 2013)
- ↑ T. Ding, D. Wan, C. Wang, F. Zhang: Silicon isotope compositions of dissolved silicon and suspended matter in the Yangtze River, China ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 205-216, 2004
