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Mudan River

The 490th longest river in the world

700 km

The Mudan River (pinyin: Mǔdānjiāng, [mù.tán.tɕjáŋ], Manchu: ᠮᡠᡩᠠᠨᡠᠯᠠ) is a river in Heilongjiang province in China. It is a right tributary of the Sunggari River. Its modern Chinese name can be translated as the "Peony River". In the past it was also known as the Hurka or Hurha River (pinyin: Hú'ěrhā, [xǔ.àɚ.xá]). The river flows into Lake Jingpo, and then continues north, flowing by Ning'an and Mudanjiang City (which is named after the river), then into Lianhua Reservoir before falling into the Sungari River at Yilan (formerly known as Sanxing).

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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