Xi River
The river system of the Pearl River
The West River (Chinese西江, Pinyin Xī Jiang, Western River ', formerly Sikiang ) is the 2197 km long mainstream of the Pearl River in southern China ( Asia).
River
The most significant power in southern China rises in the east of the province of Yunnan in Lianwan Shan. Its source is located northeast of Kunming and just north of Qujing. From there its water crosses the Yunnan, Guizhou and Guǎngxī whose boundaries it forms part, and Guǎngdōng: Initially called Nanpan, later Hong Shui, Qian and Xun and ultimately Xi Jiang ( West River ), it flows initially in southern and predominantly in eastern directions to Wuzhou. Further east opens a the North River (Chinese北江, Pinyin Bei Jiang, Northern River ') in Sanshui. There, the West River divides His main branch flows over Jiangmen to the south and west of Macao reached the South China Sea; In addition, the West River ramifies in the context of a bifurcation in a many-armed river braid which passes into Guǎngdōng in the 177 km long Pearl River, which flows as a large estuary in the South China Sea.
Importance
The West River, which is the third longest river in the People's Republic of China after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River is approximately 7,410 cubic meters per second is the second largest river in China. Its lower reaches within the Pearl River is considered one of the most active economic areas of the country with special economic zones ( see below).
Tributaries
- Beipan Jiang (北 盘 江) (left in the Nanpan Jiang南 盘 江)
- Liu Jiang (柳江) (left in the Hong Shui He红 水河)
- Yu Jiang (郁江) (right in the Qian Jiang黔江)
- Beiliu He (北 流 河) (right in the Xun Jiang浔 江)
- Gui Jiang (桂江) (left in the Xun Jiang)
- He Jiang (贺 江) (left in the Xi Jiang)
- Luoding He (罗定江) (right)
- Bei Jiang (北江, North River ) (left)