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Guanlan River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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Guanlan River is a tributary of the Shima River located in both cities of Dongguan and Shenzhen. It is 88 kilometres (55 mi) long and drains an area of 1,249 square kilometres (482 sq mi). Guanlan River rises in Da'naoke Hill, north of Shenzhen, and flows generally north through Qinghu Village and Guanlan Subdistrict, to Dongguan, then flows north to join Shima River in Yantian Stream, where it feeds into Dong River, about 1 square kilometre (0.39 mi2) near Qiaotou Town.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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