The Ai River (, also ; originally and in the

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) in

Dangdong Dandong (), formerly known as Andong, is a coastal prefecture-level city in southeastern Liaoning province, in the northeastern region of People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese border city, facing Sinuiju, North Korea across the ...

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, is the largest

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on the right (Chinese) side of the

Yalu River The Yalu River, known by Koreans as the Amrok River or Amnok River, is a river on the border between North Korea and China. Together with the Tumen River to its east, and a small portion of Paektu Mountain, the Yalu forms the border between ...

that flows between China and

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. It starts in the mountains of

Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County (; Manchu: ; Mölendroff: kuwandiyan manju beye dasangga siyan), is a county of eastern Liaoning province, China, bordering North Korea to the southeast and Jilin in the northeast. It is under the administration o ...

, runs through Fengcheng City and

Zhen'an District Zhen'an District () is a district of the city of Dandong, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions There are four subdistricts and five towns in the district. Taiping Bay Subdistrict () is an exclave. Subdistricts: * Y ...

, and empties into the Yalu River at Jiulianshan, just south of the

Hushan Great Wall The Hushan or Tiger Mountain Great Wall (), is a section of the Ming Great Wall in Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County, Liaoning, China. The wall runs for about 1,200 metres over Hushan ("Tiger Mountain"). The wall starts 15 km northeast o ...

.The Ai River (Baidu Encyclopedia)
(in Chinese)

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