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Sanggan He

The 868th longest river in the world

506 km

The Sanggan River or Sanggan He, also known in English as Sangkan River, is a river in northern China. It runs 506 kilometers and has a drainage area of 23,900 square kilometers. In addition to its significance in hydrology, it is culturally significant as it has been mentioned in various poems, essays, and novels, including a poem by Chen Tao and a novel The Sun Shines Over Sanggan River by Ding Ling. It is also one of the rivers that gave birth to early civilizations.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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