Huanglong River (), historically known as ''Zengzigang River'' (), is a right-bank tributary of
Xiang River
The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd largest tributary (after Min River) in terms of surface runoff, the 5th largest tributar ...
in
Wangcheng District
Wangcheng District () is one of six urban District (China), districts of the prefecture-level city of Changsha, the capital of Hunan, Hunan Province, China. It is the largest district of Changsha by area. The district is bordered to the north by M ...
and the northernmost one of right-bank tributaries in
Changsha
Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, an ...
section of
Xiang River
The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd largest tributary (after Min River) in terms of surface runoff, the 5th largest tributar ...
in
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It has a length of with a rough
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
area of . Huanglong River rises in Shiziling () of
Chating Town, flows through Shiziling, Yangjiaping (),
Dongcheng and Dalong () four villages of Chating Town and Huashi Village () of
Tongguan Subdistrict
Tongguan () is a subdistrict of Wangcheng district, Changsha, China. It is located on the eastern bank of Xiang river, the subdistrict is bordered by Dingziwan subdistrict to the south, Qiaoyi and Chating towns to the east and north, Jinggang T ...
, merging into Xiang River at Zengzigang
Mouth
In animal anatomy, the mouth, also known as the oral cavity, or in Latin cavum oris, is the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds. It is also the cavity lying at the upper end of the alimentary canal, bounded on ...
() located between Dalong and Huashi villages.
[the geography on the Huanglong River, according to the webmap, se]
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References
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Wangcheng District
Rivers of Changsha