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Jiang River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Jiang River (p Jiāng Shuǐ) is the ancient name of a river in China. According to Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, the river gave its name to Shennong's family. According to the Guoyu, it was the birthplace of the Yan emperor. It may be identical to the modern Wei River in Shaanxi.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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