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Chongling River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Chongling River, also known as Jiao River and Lingyuan River, is a right-bank tributary and one of the largest tributaries of the middle Xiang River in Hunan, China. The river rises in the Renxingling Mountains of Lanshan County. Its main stream runs generally south to north through Lansghan, Jiahe, Xintian, Xintian, Leiyang, Changning and Hengnan counties, and it joins the Xiang at Jiaohekou of Hengnan. The Chongling River has a length of 223 kilometres (139 mi), with its tributaries, and the drainage basin covers an area of 6,623 square kilometres (2, 557 sq mi). The middle reaches of the river have been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2022.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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