The Jiao River () is a river in
Zhejiang
Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...
Province, China. Its upper stretches are called Yong'an Brook (永安溪) and Ling River (灵江). It flows into the
Taizhou Bay
Taizhou (Taichow) may refer to either of two cities in eastern China:
* Taizhou, Jiangsu (), located on the Yangtze River, northwest of Shanghai
* Taizhou, Zhejiang (), located along the East China Sea, south of Shanghai
See also
* Táozhōu, ...
,
Yueqing Bay
Yueqing () is a county-level city under the administration of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, in eastern China. It lies on the coast of the East China Sea, by the Yueqing Bay. Much of the Yandang Mountains lie in Yueqing.
History China's ancient ( ...
and
Sanmen Bay Sanmen, may refer to:
* Sanmen County, a county in Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
* Sanmen, Longsheng County, a town in Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County, Guangxi, China.
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of the
East China Sea
The East China Sea is an arm of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. It covers an area of roughly . The sea’s northern extension between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula is the Yellow Sea, separated b ...
at the
Port of Taizhou
The Port of Taizhou is a natural seaport on the coast of the prefectural-level city of Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. The Port is centered at the mouth of the Jiaojiang River, with port areas opening to the Taizhou Bay, ...
, a natural seaport on the coast of the prefectural-level city of
Taizhou.
This long river drains .
[Li, Yan; Wolanski, Eric; Xie Qinchun. 1993. Coagulation and Settling of Suspended Sediment in the Jiaojiang River Estuary, China. Australian Institute of Marine Science's Journal of Coastal Research 9(2):390-402.]
References
Rivers of Zhejiang
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