Beipan River (Chinese: 北盘江; pinyin: Beipanjiang) is a river in Guizhou province, China, and part of the great Pearl River basin.
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The upper reaches in Yunnan and Guizhou were once known as the Zangke River.
The Beipan River passes through the modern Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. When reaching the border of Guangxi, the Beipan River (literally, the Northern Pan River) merges with the Nanpan River (the Southern Pan River), forming the Hongshui River, which continues to the southeast.
The river was significant in history as a communications pathway between the Yelang and Nanyue kingdoms.[1]
The river is crossed by the Xingyi-Guiyang Highway via the Beipanjiang River 2003 Bridge and the Liupanshui-Baiguo Railway via the Beipanjiang River Railway Bridge. Both bridges are among the highest in the world.