Gan River (Jiangxi)
| Gan River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Basin | |
| River mouth | Lake Poyang |
| Country |
 People's Republic of China (Jiangxi) |
| Physiognomy | |
| Length | 885 km (550 mi) |
The Gan River (simplified Chinese: 赣江; traditional Chinese: 贛江; pinyin: Gàn Jiāng, Gan: Kōm-kong) travels 885 km (550 mi) north through the western part of Jiangxi before flowing into Lake Poyang and thence into the Yangtze River. The Xiang-Gan uplands separate it from the Xiang River of neighbouring eastern Hunan.[1]
It is the major geographical backbone of Jiangxi, and gives its name to the Gan language.[2]
The river feeds into Lake Poyang, which in turns connects with the Yangtze.[3]
Tributaries
See also
References
- ↑ Carol Benedict (2011). "Chinese Tobacco Production, 1600 to 1750". Golden-Silk Smoke: A History of Tobacco in China, 1550–2010. University of California Press. p. 41.
- ↑ James Stuart Olson (1998). An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China. Greenwood Press. p. 80.
- ↑ Stephen Turnbull (2002). "A Case Study of Chinese Fighting Ships". Fighting Ships of the Far East (1): China and Southeast Asia 202 BC-AD 1419. Osprey Publishing. p. 37.
External links
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates: 28°31′55″N 115°48′54″E / 28.532°N 115.815°E
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, December 01, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.