Jiulong River

Jiulong River
Traditional Chinese 九龍江
Simplified Chinese 九龙江
Literal meaning Nine-Dragon River
Beixi
Chinese 北溪
Literal meaning North Creek
Xixi
Chinese 西溪
Literal meaning West Creek
Former names
Longjiang
Traditional Chinese 龍江
Simplified Chinese 龙江
Literal meaning Dragon River
Not to be confused with the present-day Longjiang in northern Fujian.

The Jiulong River, formerly known as the Longjiang,[lower-alpha 1] is the largest river in southern Fujian and the second largest in the province. It has a length of 258 kilometers (160 mi) and a basin of 14,700 square kilometers (5,700 sq mi). Like all Fujianese rivers but one, it flows into the Taiwan Strait.[3]

Course

The Beixi rises in the prefecture of Longyan; it flows east into the prefecture of Zhangzhou, where it merges with the Xixi to form the Jiulong. The Xixi, almost as long, begins in Zhangzhou's rural Pinghe County. The combined stream flows past the urban districts of Zhangzhou proper and empties into Xiamen Bay on the Taiwan Strait.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ This name was formerly romanized Lung Keang[1] or Kiang.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Chang-chow", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878, p. 391.
  2. ↑ "Chang-chow", Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. V, New York: Enc. Britannica Co., 1911, pp. 839–40.
  3. ↑ http://baike.baidu.com/view/23372.htm
  4. ↑ 1 (PDF).

Coordinates: 24°35′43″N 117°49′05″E / 24.595207°N 117.818069°E / 24.595207; 117.818069


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