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Huangze River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Huangze River (pinyin: Huángzé Jiāng), in Zhejiang Province of East China, is one of the main tributaries of Cao'e River. It was formerly called Wangze Creek. The river is 70.6 kilometres (43.9 mi) long and has a basin area of 577 square kilometres (223 sq mi). It originates from Xiabo Peak (elevation 954 meters) at the border of Ninghai and Xinchang counties. Its upper stretch is known as Jugen Creek, then as Guang Creek and Heng Creek, and it becomes known as Huangze River after Changshan Village. It joins the Cao'e River in Shengzhou.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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