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Changsha city is located in the gorgeous and richly endowed Xiangjiang river valley plain, on the east adjoing Mts.
With Mt. Yuelu standing in the west, Xiangjiang River flowing through the city, water touching the oasis, Liuyang river surrounding the east, mountains connecting with water, plain valley and gentle slopes, Changsha is the only ancient city in China which its name and location remain unchanged for thousand years.
Changsha, spanning on the both banks of Xiangjiang River, will be built into a modern, flourishing, beaufiful and open city with three ring roads and six bridges over Xiangjiang River, culture and education in the west and commercial development in the east city, integrated with water, island and mountains.
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  Xiangjiang River. Who is Xiangjiang River? What is Xiangjiang River? Where is Xiangjiang River? Definition of ...
People say the Xiang and the Lijiang River share the same origination because of connecting the two rivers of the Lingqu Canal that it is located in Xing'an county, and 70 per centage of water in Lingqu flows in the Xiang and 30 percent flows in the Lijiang.
The Zheng River (蒸水) converges with the Xiang in Chengbei District (城北區), Hengyang
The river is said to be protected by two goddesses, the Xiang Consorts (湘妃 Xiangfei): Ehuang (娥皇) and Nüying (女英).
www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Xiangjiang_River   (335 words)

  
 Changsha. Who is Changsha? What is Changsha? Where is Changsha? Definition of Changsha. Meaning of Changsha.
Changsha (Traditional Chinese: 長沙; Simplified Chinese: 长沙; pinyin: cháng shā) is the capital of Hunan, a province of Southcentral China, located on the lower reaches of Xiangjiang river, a branch of Yangtze.
The Xiangjiang River flows south to northwest 296-meter-high Mt.
Yuelushan is in the west, and Liuyanghe River (Liuyang River) and Ladaohe River (Laodao River) east.
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 Xiang River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Xiang River (also as Xiangjiang River, Chinese:湘江 or "湘水", pinyin: Xiāng Jiāng, Xiāng Shǔi; Wade-Giles: "hsiāng chiāng" or "hsiāng shuǐ"), in older transliterations as the Siang River or Hsiang River, is a river in southern China.
The Zheng River (蒸水) converges with the Xiang in Chengbei District (城北區), Hengyang
The spots on the dotted Xiang River bamboos (湘江竹 or 湘竹), also known as Xiang Consorts Bamboo (湘妃竹), are said to be the teardrops of the consorts.
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 Xiang River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Xiang River (also as Xiangjiang River, Chinese :湘江 or "湘水", pinyin :Xiāng Jiāng, Xiāng Shǔi; Wade-Giles : "hsiāngchiāng" or "hsiāng shuǐ"), in older transliterations as the Siang River or HsiangRiver, is a river in southern China.
People say the Xiang and the Lijiang River share the same origination because of connecting the two rivers of the LingquCanal that it is located in Xing'an county, and 70 per centage of water in Lingqu flows in the Xiang and 30 percent flows in theLijiang.
The river is said to be protected by two goddesses, the Xiang Consorts(湘妃 Xiangfei): Ehuang (娥皇) and Nüying (女英).
www.therfcc.org /xiang-river-206337.html   (313 words)

  
 Xiangjiang River Definition / Xiangjiang River Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Xiang River (also as Xiangjiang River, Chinese The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, 华语/華語, or 中文; Pinyin: Hànyǔ, Huáyǔ, or Zhōngwén) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages.
The river gave HunanHunan (Chinese: 湖南; pinyin:) is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of the Dongting Lake (hence the name Hunan, meaning "south of the lake").
Xiangjiang River is the longest river in Hunan, and it is also the Mother River for the people of Hunan.
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 China ABC
Situated in south-central China on the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River, Changsha lies 525 km.
To the north and east of the city are vast plain areas where Liuyang and Laodao rivers meet the Xiangjiang River.
Changsha remains the busiest port on the Xiangjiang River.
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General 1.1 Motivation Xiangjiang River, originating fronm Haiyangshan Mountairn of Linchuan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is the biggest river within Hunan Province and a first-grade branch of Yangtze River.
Xiangjiang River is a major river, 90% guarantee flow rate at the dam site during drought period is 320m3/s.
For the river segment between Zhanghepu and Jiaohegou (total length is 75km), it is suitable for food fishes to spawn due to its geographic location and rive characteristics.
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General 1.1 Motivation Xiangjiang River, originating from Haiyangshan Mountain of Linchuan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is the biggest river within Hunan Province and a first-grade branch of Yangtze River.
For the river segment between Zhanghepu and Jiaohegou (total length is 75km),it is suitable for food fishes to spawn due to its geographic location and rive characteristics.
In consideration of the navigable capacity of Xiangjiang River, the throughput is designed to be 18 X 104 t as per universal dock.
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 Map of China Province - Region, Regional
The western highlands are drained by the Yuan River and Li River.
Many smaller rivers that originate in the mountains along the eastern border flow westward to join the Xiangjiang in its northward courses.
The Dongting Plain and the main river valleys are where the population is primarily concentrated.
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 info: NEPONSET RIVER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Neponset River is a river in eastern Massachusetts.
The upper stretch of the Neponset River, in Foxboro, Walpole and Norwood, is steeply sloped, however, dropping about 228 feet over its first twelve miles and so the earliest years of the Industrial Revolution truly brought the Neponset to prominence.
And in 1826, the river became the terminus of the Granite Railway, the first railway in the United States.
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Hunan (湖南; Pinyin: Hú'nán) is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of the Dongting Lake (hence the name Hunan, meaning "south of the lake").
Hunan Province is located on the south bank at mid-stream of the Yangtze River (Changjiang, 长江;), it is far 1000 km away from Shanghai, 1200 km away from Beijing, and 500 km away from Guangzhou.
The Xiangjiang, the Zijiang, the Yuanjiang and the Lishui Rivers converge on the Yangtze River at Lake Dongting (Dongting Hu, 洞庭湖) in the north of Hunan.
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 info: RIVER TAFF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The River Taff should not be confused with the River Taf.
The River Taff is a large river in South Wales.
In Cardiff, the river runs through Bute Park and next to the former Cardiff Arms Park, now the Millennium Stadium, and into Cardiff Bay, an artificial lake created by the construction of a barrage across the mouth of the river.
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 China ABC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The remainder of the region's numerous rivers -- including the Hongshui River, the Luijiang, the Youjiang and Zuojiang, the Mingjiang, the Yujiang, the Qinjiang, and Guijiang -- follow the general southeastward slant of the terrain.
Living on the plains and in the river valleys of the hilly west, they cultivate rice in paddy fields and practice an economy that easily merges with that of the Han people.
Agriculture is concentrated in the river valleys and on the limestone plains.
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 HuNan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Hunan is sometimes called "Xiang" for short, after the Xiangjiang River which runs through the province.
Most of Hunan Province lies in the basins of four major tributaries of the Yangzi River (Chang Jiang): The Xiangjiang, Zishui, Yuanjiang and Lishui Rivers, which converge on the Yangzi River at Lake Dongting (Dongting Hu) in the north of Hunan.
The population continued to climb until by the 19th century Hunan was overcrowded and prone to peasant uprisings.
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 Floods Threaten Southwest China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Southwest China braced itself for downpours Monday as a belt of rain headed for the area from central and southern parts of the country, part of which was heavily hit by floods.
But light to moderate showers are still forecast for the coming days along the Xiangjiang River in Hunan Province, where floods triggered by continuous torrential rain in the past week killed 25 people and left 13 others missing.
The Xiangjiang River basin was hit by the worst flood in a decade, it said.
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The canal, which connects Xiangjiang and Lijiang rivers and two water systems of Yangtze River and the Pearl River, is a waterway crossing the Five-Ridge Mountains.
The most famous facility of Ling canal is the huazui water diversion project on Xiangjiang River, which diverts the water of Xiangjiang River into Lijiang and Xiangjiang rivers in the proportion of 3:7.
The canal's steep gate, which was the original form of the present ship lock, is one of the world's earliest shipping facility on the canal.
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 Planet Diary Archive 2003 - Flood - Rains Touch Off Floods in China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The swollen Xiangjiang, Yangtze and Jialing rivers overflowed their banks across thousands of acres.
The flood crest of the Xiangjiang River in southern Hunan Province hit Hunan's capital Changsha early in the week.
Water in the Yellow River, which snakes through eight different provinces is at low levels not seen in decades.
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At present, the solid wastes disposed of on sides of the river banks in the reservoir area have caused water pollution in the Yangtze River, and if not properly cleaned, they would undoubtedly be the potential danger to the aquatic environment in the reservoir.
The Zhimenda Hydrologic Station, lying on the Jinsha River of the Yangtze River's upper reaches, is located in a cold alpine gorge, where the water source consists of precipitation and melted snow, and water temperature is quite low.
The lateral recharge from the Yangtze River is one of the main sources for the region's ground water.
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 CHAMBAL RIVER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Chambal River is a tributary of the Yamuna River in central India.
The Chambal river rises on the south slope of the Vindhya Range in Madhya Pradesh state, near Indore.
The river flows north-northeast, running for a time through Rajasthan, then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh before turning southeast to join the Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh state.
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 China ABC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The uplands of the west, south and east fall steadily in altitude toward the plain of the Dongting Lake in the north,
A considerable proportion of Hunan's goods are transported by waterways, mainly by sailing junks using the rivers and their tributaries.
Yueyang in the northeast corner of the lake is the distribution center for the timber rafts that sail the Yangtze River to Wuhan.
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 Hunan Cuisine
Hunan is located in southeastern China along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, north of the Five Ridges.
It consists of regional cuisines from the Xiangjiang River Valley, the Tongting Lake region, and the western mountainous area.
The Xiangjiang River Valley is represented by Changsha, Xiangtan, and Hengyang.
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 Changsha -- 'Long Sand Isle'
Changsha is a beautiful old city located on the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and the Xiangjiang River in the eastern part of Hunan Province.
The ancient Lushan Temple on the hill slope, built in A.D. 268 by Emperor Wu of the Western Jin Dynasty (263-316), is one of the oldest monasteries in Hunan.
This tiny island, one square kilometer in area, lies in the Xiangjiang under the newly built Xiangjiang River Bridge.
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 List of rivers in China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of rivers, which are at least partially located in China:
White Jade River - looses itself in the Taklamakan desert
Table of rivers in China with Chinese names and useful data
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 Sister Cities New Zealand
Changsha is the capital city of Hunan Province, and owes its prosperity and wealth largely to its location on the fertile Hunan plains on the Xiangjiang River, one of China's most important grain producing regions.
Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, is a tourist city on the lower reaches of the Qiantang River at the southern end of the l,794-kllometre-long Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
Located to the south of the province on the Yangtze River and bordering Yunnan and Guizhou, Yibin has direct air connections to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Kunnming, and it is only 2.5 hours' drive from the major cities of Chengdu and Chongqing.
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 Xiang River - Famous Chinese Rivers - Travel to China
The Xiang River (also as Xiangjiang River, Chinese languageChinese:湘江 or "湘水", pinyin: Xiāng Jiāng, Xiāng Shǔi; Wade-Giles: "hsiāng chiāng" or "hsiāng shuǐ"), in older transliterations as the Siang River or Hsiang River, is a river in southern China.
Originating from Haiyang Mountain (海陽山) in Lingui countyLingui of Guangxi, the Xiang is the largest river in Hunan and one of the largest tributarytributaries of Yangtze River.
The river passes places such as Xing'an countyXing'an, Quanzhou (Guangxi)Quanzhou, and Dongan countyDongan, Yongzhou, Qiyang countyQiyang, Hengyang, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan, Changsha, Wangcheng countyWangcheng, Xiangyin countyXiangyin, and empties into Lake Dongting, where it connects to the Yangtze.
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