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Huang Jian

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Huang Brook or Huang Jian (lit. "August Stream") is a watercourse in Gansu, China, running into the Jianghe River. It is mentioned in the Book of Songs as being crossed by Duke Liu on his way to a new homeland for the Ji clan. It is also the namesake of the huanhepterus pterosaur.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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