Suzhou Creek

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Suzhou Creek Wusong River (吴淞江)
Suzhou Creek from Waibaidu Bridge
Etymology	Suzhou and Wusong
Native name	苏州河
Location
Country	China
Province-level divisions	Jiangsu, Shanghai
City	Suzhou, Shanghai
Physical characteristics
Source	Lake Tai
• location	Suzhou, Jiangsu
• coordinates	31°5′35″N 120°35′9″E / 31.09306°N 120.58583°E / 31.09306; 120.58583
Mouth	Huangpu River
• location	Shanghai
• coordinates	31°14′41″N 121°29′13″E / 31.24472°N 121.48694°E / 31.24472; 121.48694
Length	125 km (78 mi)
Basin features
River system	Huangpu River

Suzhou Creek (or Soochow Creek), also called the Wusong (Woosung) River, is a river that passes through the Shanghai city center. It is named after the neighboring city of Suzhou (Soochow), Jiangsu, the predominant settlement in this area prior to the rise of Shanghai as a metropolis.^{[citation needed]}

One of the principal outlets of Lake Tai in Wujiang District of Suzhou, Suzhou Creek is 125 km (78 mi) long, of which 54 km are within the administrative region of Shanghai and 24 km within the city's highly urbanized parts. It flows into the Huangpu River at the northern end of the Bund in Huangpu District.