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Rong River (Guangdong)

Coordinates: 23°19′17″N 116°46′00″E / 23.3215°N 116.7666°E / 23.3215; 116.7666
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Rong River
A large fountain on the Rong River in Jieyang.
Map
Native name榕江 Róngjiāng (Chinese)
Location
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuangdong
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSouth of Phoenix Mountain, Luhe County, Guangdong
Mouth 
 • location
Shantou, Guangdong
 • coordinates
23°19′17″N 116°46′00″E / 23.3215°N 116.7666°E / 23.3215; 116.7666
Length196 km
Basin size4650 km2
Discharge 
 • locationJiexi East Bridge Park
 • minimum0 m3/s
 • maximum5160 m3/s
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftShangsha, Wuyun, Hengjiang, Longtan, Wujingfu, Bei
 • rightShidu, Hongyang

The Rong River, (Chinese: 榕江, tr. Róngjiāng) commonly referred to as the South River (南河, tr. nánhé), formerly known as the Jieyang River (揭阳江, tr. jiēyángjiāng) is located in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China and is the second longest river on the eastern coast of Guangdong. It is named for the many Banyan trees (róngshù) in the city of Jieyang. It rises in the southern foothills of Phoenix Mountain in Luhe County and flows northeast through the towns of Dongkeng and Shuichun, in Jiexi County the towns of Wuyun, Hepo, Daxi, and Qiankeng, in Puning the town of Lihu, then again in Jiexi the towns of Mianhu and Fengjiang, Jieyang city, and finally empties into the South China Sea at Shantou. The river is 196 km long with a drainage basin area of 4650 km2 and an average annual discharge of 6.1 billion m3. Typhoons, flooding, waterlogging, and droughts are all common along the Rong River basin.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 中国河湖大典 [Chinese River and Lake Collection] (in Chinese). Beijing: 中国水利水电出版社. 2013. p. 349. ISBN 978-7-5170-0561-2.