Lishui River (also known as Li River,

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: 澧水,

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: lǐshuǐ, Wade-Giles: li³-shui³) is a

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province of China, one of the

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's four largest

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in the province. (Also see the

Li River The Li River or Li Jiang () is the name for the upper reaches of the Gui River in northwestern Guangxi, China. It is part of the Xijiang River system in the Pearl River Basin. The river flows from Xing'an County to Pingle County, where the ka ...

disambiguation page.) Lishui has three origination places, the north, the middle and the south. The north one is the most important place, origination from Shanmujie of

Sangzhi county Sangzhi () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangjiajie. Located on the northern margin of Hunan, Sangzhi County is bordered to the east by Cili County, to the south by Yongding and ...

Zhangjiajie Zhangjiajie (), also known in Tujia language as ''Zhangx jif avlar'' /dzaŋ˩ ji˥ a˩.la˥/, is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Hunan Province, China. It comprises the district of Yongding, Wulingyuan and counties of Cili a ...

. The middle one, origination from the east side of the Badagongshan Mountain in Sangzhi and the south place, origination from Longjiazhai of

Yongshun County Yongshun County () is a county of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture. Located on the western part of Hunan and the northeastern Xiangxi, the county is bordered to the northeast by Sangzhi Coun ...

in the Tujia and Miao Autonomous profecture of Xiangxi. The three originations join the main river in Nancha of

Sangzhi Sangzhi () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangjiajie. Located on the northern margin of Hunan, Sangzhi County is bordered to the east by Cili County, to the south by Yongding and ...

, then runs east.

Loushui River The Loushui River () is the main tributary of the Lishui River in China. It starts in the southwestern part Hubei Province ( Wufeng and Hefeng counties), and flows into Hunan Province Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Re ...

is a tributary of Lishui River. It flows into the

Dongting Lake Dongting Lake () is a large, shallow lake in northeastern Hunan Province, China. It is a flood basin of the Yangtze River, so its volume depends on the season. The provinces of Hubei and Hunan are named after their location relative to the lak ...

at Xiaodukou in

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. Its total length is .

Cities along the river include (listed from mouth to source)

* Lixian * Shimen * Cili *

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Rivers of Hunan Tributaries of the Yangtze River {{China-river-stub

Cities along the river include (listed from mouth to source)

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