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Shijing River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Shijing River (pinyin: Shíjǐng Jiāng, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chio̍h-chíⁿ Kang) is a small river in the Fujian Province of China. The tidal estuary it forms when entering the Weitou Bay of the Taiwan Strait is known as the Anhai Bay (pinyin: Ānhǎi Wān, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Oaⁿ-hái-oân). Most of the Shijing River's basin is within the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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