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Ping Yuen River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Ping Yuen River (also known as River Ganges) (Hong Kong Ap5li4 Ziu1, Hong Kong Pin2ngien2 Ho2) is a river in the northern New Territories, Hong Kong. Its source lies near Cheung Shan in Ping Che. It flows along Ping Che Road and into the River Ganges Pumping Station near Chau Tin Village before emptying into the Sham Chun River.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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