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The Nanpan River () has its source in the Yungui Plateau of eastern
Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...
Province. It then flows east, forming part of the border between
Guizhou Guizhou (; Postal romanization, formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in the Southwest China, southwest region of the China, People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the pr ...
and
Guangxi Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ...
provinces. It joins with the
Beipan River Beipan River () is a river in Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, China, and part of the great Pearl River basin. Other names The upper reaches in Yunnan and Guizhou were once known as the Zangke River. Course The Beipan River passes through th ...
to become the
Hongshui River The Hongshui River is a major river in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. It is one of the main rivers in the basin of the Xi River, which in its turn is one of the main tributaries of the Pearl River. Because it flows t ...
. It is roughly long. Part of the Nanpan River is blocked by the Tianshengqiao Dam (), from which Wanfeng Lake () is formed. Along the Nanpan river, many ports were owned by the Cen clan who established in Guangxi to suppress a rebellion since 1053 AD.The Nanpan River: A Scenic Waterway in Southeast China, by Qin Nina. February 2015. China Scenic Magazine. Online. The article includes historical information about the Cen clan. The article states, "These ancient ports f Nanpan Riverwere once all under the jurisdiction of the Cen clan of Guangxi. The Cen clan was the most powerful and influential Tusi in Guangxi since the Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127 AD). Their ancestors had traveled to the region with Di Qing (1008–1057AD), a famous general of the Northern Song, to suppress a rebellion there. Since 1053 AD, when Cen Zhongshu was appointed to remain in Guangxi as an official, the Cen clan’s influence in the area began to grow and the Nanpan River basin was one of the most important areas under their control".


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{{China Rivers Rivers of Yunnan Rivers of Guizhou Rivers of Guangxi Tributaries of the Pearl River (China)