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Dan River (China)

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Dan River (pinyin: Dān Jiāng), formerly known as the Dan Shui or 800 Li Black River, is a river located in Shaanxi province in the People's Republic of China. The longest tributary of the Han River, the Dan rises at Heilongkou in the Qin Mountains of Shaanxi province then flows south east through Shangluo City, Danfeng County, Shangnan County and Xichuan County, Henan province before joining the Han River at Danjiangkou, Hubei province.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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