The Yu River (郁江 or 鬱江) (also called the Siang River) is a river in the south of
China
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.
It rises in two branches - the
Zuo River (左江) and the
You River (右江). The You flows roughly southeast from its sources in
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...
province, the
Tuoniang River (north) and the
Xiyang River (south), which combine in the south of Tianlin County under the jurisdiction of
Baise City
Baise (; local pronunciation: ), or Bose, is the westernmost prefecture-level city of Guangxi, China bordering Vietnam as well as the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan. The city has a population of 4.3 million, of which 1.4 million live in the ...
in
Guangxi
Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ...
. The Zuo flows northeast, also from two sources which begin in
Vietnam
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. These are the
Bằng River (known as Shuikuo in its lower course in China), which flows through
Cao Bằng from the northwest, and the larger
Kỳ Cùng River (known as Ping'er in its lower course in China) that originates from the southwest. After the confluence of said You and Zuo rivers the stream is then known as the
Yong Jiang (邕江) as it flows through Nanning before becoming the Yu. The Yu itself runs roughly northeast before joining the
Qian River
The Qian River () is the name of a short section of the Xi River system and, thus, the greater Pearl River system in Guangxi, China. It is formed by where the Liu Jiang meets the larger Hongshui He east of Laibin, then flows southeast thro ...
(黔江) at Guiping to form the
Xun River
The Xun River ( Chinese: 浔江, pinyin: Xún Jiāng, jyutping: ''Cham4 Gong1'') is a short section of the main branch of the Pearl River system upstream from the Xi Jiang in China. Although less than 200km long, it is of considerable importan ...
.
The Yong-Yu river proper flows some along a sinuous course until reaching
Guiping
Guiping () is a county-level city in eastern Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Guigang City, located at the confluence of the Qian and Yu rivers, which are the Xi River's primary north and south tributaries, respectively.
Nam ...
as a tributary of the
Xi River system.
References
Rivers of Guangxi
Tributaries of the Pearl River (China)
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