The Zuo River (, vi, Tả Giang) is a river of

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

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 begins from the confluence of the

Bằng River The Bằng River ( vi, Sông Bằng, zh, 水口河 vietnamese: Thủy Khẩu Hà) is a river of Cao Bằng Province, Vietnam.''Vietnam Administrative Atlas'', Map Publisher, 2004 It flows for 108 kilometres. It originates in the Guangxi, China, ...

and

Kỳ Cùng River The Kỳ Cùng ( vi, Sông Kỳ Cùng, links=no) is a major river of northeastern Vietnam. It flows through Lạng Sơn Province . Tributaries include the Bắc Giang River and the Bắc Khê River. The source of the river is at an altitude of 11 ...

near

Longzhou Longzhou County Zhuang: ''Lungzcouh Yen'') is a county of southwestern Guangxi, China, bordering Cao Bằng province, Vietnam. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Chongzuo. Longzhou lies in a circular valley at ...

and joins the You River ("Right River") near

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to form the

Yong River The Yong River (Chinese: , p ', Wu ') is one of the main rivers in China, located in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. ''Yong'' is the name of the river, and also a short name for Ningbo, the city through which it flows. The name ''Yon ...

. These rivers form part of the

Pearl River The Pearl River, also known by its Chinese name Zhujiang or Zhu Jiang in Mandarin pinyin or Chu Kiang and formerly often known as the , is an extensive river system in southern China. The name "Pearl River" is also often used as a catch-all ...

system, which flows into the

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phil ...

near

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

. The Zuo River historically was the main communication route in the area, linking the villages of the Zuo Valley to each other, to major Chinese centres to the north and east and to southern territories that are now part of Vietnam.

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