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Jiao River (Shandong)
The Jiao River () is a river of Shandong, China. It is part of the Yellow Sea basin. See also *List of rivers in China Rivers that flow through China are as follows. The list is organized according to the body of water into which each river empties, beginning with the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast, moving clockwise on a map and ending with the Arctic Ocean. S ... References Rivers of Shandong {{China-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shandong
Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural and religious center for Taoism, Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism. Shandong's Mount Tai is the most revered mountain of Taoism and a site with one of the longest histories of continuous religious worship in the world. The Buddhist temples in the mountains south of the provincial capital of Jinan were once among the foremost Buddhist sites in China. The city of Qufu was the birthplace of Confucius, and later became the center of Confucianism. Shandong's location at the intersection of ancient and modern north–south and east–west trading routes has helped establish it as an economic center. After a period of political instability and economic hardship beginning in the late 19th century, Shandong has experienced rapid growth in recent de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea, also known as the North Sea, is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea. Names It is one of four seas named after color terms (the others being the Black Sea, the Red Sea and the White Sea), and its name is descriptive of the golden-yellow color of the silt-ridden water discharged from major rivers. The innermost bay of northwestern Yellow Sea is called the Bohai Sea (previously Gulf of Zhili / Beizhili), into which flow some of the most important rivers of northern China, such as the Yellow River (through Shandong province and its capital Jinan), the Hai River (through Beijing and Tianjin) and the Liao River (through Liaoning province). The northeastern extension of the Yellow Sea is called the Korea Bay, into which flow the Yalu River, the Chongchon River and the Taedong River. Geography Extent The International Hydrographi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiaozhou (city)
Jiaozhou (), formerly Jiaoxian or Jiao County, is a county-level city of Qingdao sub-provincial municipality, Shandong Province, China. It gained its current county-level city designation in 1987. It has an area of and a population of 783,478 at the 2000 census. History Jiaozhou, which belongs to Qingdao, Shandong, is located in the south-west of the Shandong Peninsula and the north-west coast of Jiaozhou Bay, with Chengyang District in the east, Gaomi and Jimo District in the west, Huangdao District in the south, and Pingdu in the north. The city is situated between 36 00 - 36 30 N, 119 37 - 120E, 51 kilometers across the East and west, 54.3 kilometers in the north and south, with a total area of 1324 square kilometers. As of 2016, there were six subdistricts and six towns under jurisdiction of Jiaozhou city, with a total resident population of 89,3000. Local GDP reached 103.59 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry was 4.944 billion yuan, the add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers In China
Rivers that flow through China are as follows. The list is organized according to the body of water into which each river empties, beginning with the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast, moving clockwise on a map and ending with the Arctic Ocean. Sea of Okhotsk * Heilong River (黑龙江) (Amur River) **Ussuri River (乌苏里江) ***Muling River (穆棱河) *** Songacha River (松阿察河) ** Songhua River (松花江) ***Ashi River (阿什河) *** Hulan River (呼兰河) *** Second Songhua River (第二松花江) *** Woken River (倭肯河) *** Mudan River (牡丹江) *** Nen River (嫩江) **** Gan River (Inner Mongolia) (甘河) *** Huifa River (辉发河) ** Argun (额尔古纳河) *** Hailar River (海拉尔河) *** Hulun Lake (呼伦湖) **** Kherlen River (克鲁伦河) **** Buir Lake (贝尔湖) (mostly in Mongolia) Sea of Japan * Suifen River (绥芬河) / Razdolnaya River (Russia) * Tumen River (图们江) ** Hunchun River (珲春河) Bohai Sea * Anzi River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
