Exterior Rivers ( 06-11-27 )

Practically all the large rivers in China belong to the exterior river system, directly or indirectly emptying into the seas. Because China’s terrain is high in the west and low in the east, most of its rivers flow westeast into the Pacific, including the Heilong, Liaohe, Haihe, Huanghe, Huaihe, Changjiang (Yangtze River), Minjiang, Zhujiang and Lancang rivers. The area drained by these rivers belongs to the Pacific catchment area, and covers 5.4459 million square kilometers, or 56.8 percent of ...

Interior rivers ( 06-11-27 )

Interior rivers have no outlet to the sea but flow into inland lakes or disappear in deserts. Most of China’s interior rivers are found in the arid northwest north of the Kunlun range and the Northern Tibet Plateau to its south and are fed by the glaciers and melting snow from the Tianshan, Kunlun and Qilian ranges. Although chiefly seasonal waterways that dry up most of the year these rivers are of great importance to agriculture and animal husbandry in the northwest. The interior rivers of ...

Beidaihe (北戴河) ( 06-11-27 )

Located 15km west of Qinhuangdao City (秦皇岛) in Hebei Province (河北) and 300 km to the east of Beijing, Beidaihe is an ideal seaside resort area on the Bohai Gulf in north China. It has a zigzag sand beach of 20 miles long. The beautiful Lianfeng Mountain rises steeply by the seashore -- lush pines and cypresses, secluded paths and winding bridges make the place unique and appealing. The Beidaihe beach begins at the mouth of the Daihe River in the west, and ends at the Yingjiao Ting (Eagle Horn ...

Daming Lake (Lake of Great Light) (大明湖) ( 06-11-27 )

Reputed as the pearl of the city of springs, the Daming Lake is located in the northern part of Jinan (济南) of Shandong Province (山东). Covering an area of 46 hectares, the Daming Lake is a natural lake with an average depth of 3 meters. The lake is the convergence of a number of springs in the city, including the Pearl Spring, the Lotus Spring, and Wangfu Pool, etc. With some 800 weeping willows standing along the shores, over 40 mu (15 mu = 1 hectare) of the lake is planted with lotuses. ...

Freshwater Lakes ( 06-11-27 )

Freshwater lakes, taking up one third of the total area of Chinese lakes, are low in salt content and mainly distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Huaihe River, and the southern Shandong Province. The five freshwater lakes in China are Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖), Dongting Lake (洞庭湖), Taihu Lake (太湖), Hongze Lake(洪泽湖) and Chaohu Lake (巢湖). The Poyang Lake is China's largest freshwater lake, with an area of about 2933 square kilometers, an average length of 170 kilometers ...

Fuchun River(富春江) ( 06-11-27 )

Main Rivers in China ( 06-11-27 )

Qiandao Lake (Thousand-Island Lake) (千岛湖) ( 06-11-27 )

Saltwater lakes ( 06-11-27 )

Slender West Lake (瘦西湖) ( 06-11-27 )

Chinese Dead Sea — Lop Nur ( 06-11-15 )

Jialing River (嘉陵江) ( 06-11-15 )

Minjiang River (Sichuan) (岷江) ( 06-11-15 )

Beijiang River (北江) ( 06-11-15 )

Dongjiang River (东江) ( 06-11-15 )

Fen River (汾河) ( 06-11-15 )

Gan River (赣江) ( 06-11-15 )

Han River (Hanshui) (汉江) ( 06-11-15 )

Hongshui River (红水河) ( 06-11-15 )

Huangpu River (黄浦江) ( 06-11-15 )