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Cao'e River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Cao'e River (pinyin: Cáo'é Jiāng) is one of the largest rivers in Zhejiang Province of East China, named after Cao E, a Han dynasty girl venerated for her filial piety. Its main source is in Pan'an County in the Dapan Mountains, and the river empties into the Hangzhou Bay near the Qiantang River estuary. It has a total length of 182.4 kilometres (113.3 mi), and a basin area of 5,930.9 square kilometres (2, 289.9 sq mi).

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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