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Qu River (Yuan River tributary)

The 883rd longest river in the world

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Qu River (pinyin: Qú Jiāng), formerly known as Xu River (Xù Shuǐ), is a river in western Hunan of China. It is 285 square kilometres (110 mi2) long and is a tributary of Yuan River, draining an area of 6,772 square kilometres (2, 615 sq mi). This river has two sources, east and west. The west source originates from Liping County of Guizhou, and is called Boyang River or Hongzhou River. Heading eastward, it enters the border of Hunan. The east source known as the Tongdao River or Changping River, originates from Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, and flows northwest to Suining County, entering the territory of Tongdao Dong Autonomous County. This river flows from Chengbu Miao Autonomous County and Liping County into Gantang Town of Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County, then pasts Lianshan Township, Lincheng Town, Guangping Town, Qinglang Dong and Miao Ethnic Township, and Mobin Dong and Miao Ethnic Township of Huitong County, and feeds into the Yuan River in Tuokou Town of Hongjiang City.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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