Nanyang Basin is located in
Henan Province
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
of the
People's Republic of China
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, a small part of the
basin is in
Hubei Province
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...
, the southern neighbor of Henan. Its total area is 46291 square kilometers.
Drainage basins of China
Landforms of Henan
Landforms of Hubei
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