Xin River

Xin
Kuiwen Pagoda and Xin River in Shangrao
Native name信江 (Chinese)
Location
CountryChina
RegionJiangxi Province
CityShangrao, Yingtan
Physical characteristics
SourceYushan River
 • locationHuaiyu Mountains, Sanqing, Yushan
 • coordinates28°59′N 118°05′E / 28.983°N 118.083°E / 28.983; 118.083
2nd sourceFeng River
 • locationTongbo Mountain, Pucheng
3rd source 
 • locationXinzhou District, Shangrao
 • coordinates28°26′24″N 117°57′40″E / 28.44000°N 117.96111°E / 28.44000; 117.96111
Mouth 
 • location
Yugan
 • coordinates
28°36′40″N 116°40′35″E / 28.61111°N 116.67639°E / 28.61111; 116.67639
Length360.5 km (224.0 mi)
Basin size17,600 km2 (6,800 sq mi)
Basin features
River systemYangtze River-Poyang Lake

The Xin River (Chinese: 信江; pinyin: Xīn Jiāng; Wade–Giles: Hsin Jiang) flows in Yushan County from the eastern edge of Jiangxi Province of central China into Poyang Lake.[1][2][3][4] Some Wikipedia maps appear to call this the Xiao River.

  1. ^ 2010. The New Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Chicago, US. Vol. 6, p. 101.
  2. ^ 2007. Oxford Atlas of the World. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, New York, US.
  3. ^ 2005. National Geographic Atlas of the World. 8th ed. National Geographic. Washington, DC.
  4. ^ 2003. Hammond World Atlas. Hammond World Atlas Corp. Italy.

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search