Shizhu River () is a right-bank tributary of

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 ...

Wangcheng District Wangcheng District () is one of six urban District (China), districts of the prefecture-level city of Changsha, the capital of Hunan, Hunan Province, China. It is the largest district of Changsha by area. The district is bordered to the north by M ...

Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, an ...

Hunan Province 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 t ...

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 ...

. The river has three sources merging into the trunk stream at Daigongqiao (). The right branch (northern branch) is its main stream which rises in the ''Jiufeng Mountain'' (), the headwaters are a group of reservoirs including ''Chating Reservoir'' (), ''Sichong Reservoir'' () and ''Nanchong Reservoir'' () located in Chating Town. The main river runs through Chating and

Qiaoyi Qiaoyi () is a town in Wangcheng district, Changsha, Hunan, China. the town is bordered by Chuanshanping town of Miluo and Chating to the north, Beishan town of Changsha county to the east, Shaping and Qingzhuhu subdistricts of Kaifu dist ...

2 towns and

Tongguan Subdistrict Tongguan () is a subdistrict of Wangcheng district, Changsha, China. It is located on the eastern bank of Xiang river, the subdistrict is bordered by Dingziwan subdistrict to the south, Qiaoyi and Chating towns to the east and north, Jinggang T ...

before linking up with the Xiang River. It has a length of with a

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

area of rough . Its drainage basin covers Shizhu (), Caitaoyuan (), Heqiao (), Gguoliang villages of

, Baishi () of Qiaoyi Town, Xihusi (), Shiziling (), Daigongqiao (), Wangqun (), Meihualing (), Tanjiayuan () and Jiufengshan () villages of Chating Town.the geography on the Shizhu River, according to the webmap, se
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/ref> The source of the main stem of the Shizhu River is Chating Reservoir. Water enters the river through sluice gate. The main stem flows southeast confluence with the middle branch and south branch at Daigongqiao in the eastern side of Hunan

provincial route A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...

S102．From here the river flows west, after inflowing several streams in Shizhu Batardeau (), it joins Xiang River at Lanjiapo ()

Mouth In animal anatomy, the mouth, also known as the oral cavity, or in Latin cavum oris, is the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds. It is also the cavity lying at the upper end of the alimentary canal, bounded on ...

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