The Lu River () is a right-bank tributary of the
Xiang River
The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd largest tributary (after Min River) in terms of surface runoff, the 5th largest tributar ...
. It rises in
Shuijiang Town of
Yichun,
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 flows slowly westwards for to the Xiang River. With its tributaries, the Lu has a drainage-basin area of , and its watershed drains parts of four
prefectures in
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
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
provinces. The Lu River is one of the largest tributaries of the Xiang. The main stream passes through the
counties of
Yuanzhou,
Shangli,
Anyuan and
Xiangdong in Jiangxi and the counties of
Liling and
Zhuzhou in Hunan.
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References
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Rivers of Jiangxi
Rivers of Hunan