Han River (Guangdong)

The Han River (simplified, traditional, pinyin: Hán Jiāng) is a river in southeast China. It is located mainly in eastern Guangdong and has a total length of 410 kilometres (250 mi). The river is combined with two main tributary rivers, Mei River and Ting River, at Sanheba, Dabu County. Han River flows south through the Han River Delta entering the South China Sea at Chenghai District and Longhu District of Shantou. The Teochew people refer to the river as "the Mother River". The river is named after Han Yu, a writer, poet and government official of the Tang dynasty, in honor of his contribution to Chaoshan. The river was full of crocodiles and always flooding. The river became calm under Han's river regulation project. To remember him, the locals rename the river to Han River after his departure.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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