The Jin River is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in
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 ...
's
Jiangxi
Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...
and
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
provinces
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. It is a right
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
of Guangdong's
Bei or North River.
Geography
It rises in the southwestern
Chongyi County
Chongyi County () is a county under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou Municipality, in the southwest of Jiangxi province, China.
Statistics
Chongyi has an area of and population of 200,000.
Administration
The county executive, legislature, judiciary a ...
,
Jiangxi Province. The upper stream is called Changjiang Creek. The river runs southward joins Bei River at Baimangba,
Renhua County
Renhua ( postal: Yanfa; ) is a county of northernmost Guangdong province, China, bordering Jiangxi to the northeast and Hunan to the northwest. It is under the administration of Shaoguan City.
History
Renhua County has a long history, as it was es ...
in
Guangdong Province. The river has a length of and drains an area of .
See also
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Other Jin Rivers
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Rivers of China
This incomplete list of rivers that flow through China is organized according to the body of water into which each river empties, beginning with the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast, moving clockwise on a map and ending with the Arctic Ocean.
Se ...
References
Rivers of Jiangxi
Rivers of Guangdong
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