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Jiulong River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Jiulong River, formerly known as the Longjiang or Zhangjiang, is the largest river in southern Fujian and the second largest in the province. It has a length of 258 kilometers (160 mi) and a basin of 14,700 square kilometers (5, 700 sq mi). Like all Fujianese rivers but one, it flows into the Taiwan Strait.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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