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Jian River (Guangdong)

The 883rd longest river in the world

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Jian River, also known as the Jianjiang River and the Ganjiang River, is the largest river in western Guangdong, China. It has a total length of 232 kilometres (144 mi), and a basin area of 9464 square kilometres. It originates from Tiger Leopard Pit (Zhangyang Pit) in the village of Zhuangdong, at the foot of the Yunkai Mountain, in northern Xinyi. The urban areas of Xinyi, Huazhou, Gaozhou and Wuchuan are all located along Jianjiang.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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