Gan River or Gan He is a tributary of the
Nen River
The Nen River or Nenjiang (), or Nonni () is a river in Northeast China. The Nen River flows through the northern part of Heilongjiang Province and the northeastern section of Inner Mongolia, some parts of the river forming the border between the ...
in
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
,
China. It flows 446 km from the east flank of the
Greater Khingan
The Greater Khingan Range or Da Hinggan Range (; IPA: ), is a -long volcanic mountain range in the Inner Mongolia region of Northeast China.
It was originally called the Xianbei Mountains, which later became the name of the northern branch of th ...
Range into the
Nen River
The Nen River or Nenjiang (), or Nonni () is a river in Northeast China. The Nen River flows through the northern part of Heilongjiang Province and the northeastern section of Inner Mongolia, some parts of the river forming the border between the ...
at
Nenjiang, through the
Morin Dawa Daur and the
Oroqin Autonomous Banner of the vast
Hulunbuir Municipality.
[Chinese]
"养育鲜卑族祖先的甘河"
Accessed 2011-07-09 It drains an area of over 20,000 km
2 of mostly hills and plains. The Gan River basin is traditionally home to semi-nomadic
Daur and
Oroqen people.
References
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Rivers of Inner Mongolia
Songhua River