The Jiao River () is a river in
Zhejiang
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Province, China. Its upper stretches are called Yong'an Brook (永安溪) and Ling River (灵江). It flows into the
Taizhou Bay
Taizhou may refer to either of two cities in eastern China:
* Taizhou, Jiangsu (), a city in Jiangsu Province, China
* Taizhou, Zhejiang
Taizhou is a city located at the middle of the East China Sea coast of Zhejiang province. It is located ...
,
Yueqing Bay
Yueqing () is a county-level city under the administration of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, in eastern China. It lies on the coast of the East China Sea, by the Yueqing Bay. Much of the Yandang Mountains lie in Yueqing.
History Ancient China (unt ...
and
Sanmen Bay Sanmen, may refer to:
* Sanmen County
Sanmen County (Tai-chow dialect: Sæn-meng Yön; ) is a coastal county under the jurisdiction of Taizhou city/municipality in the east of Zhejiang Province, China. The county's total area is , and has a pop ...
of the
East China Sea
The East China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. China names the body of water along its eastern coast as "East Sea" (, ) due to direction, the name of "East China Sea" is otherwise ...
at the
Port of Taizhou
The Port of Taizhou is a natural seaport on the coast of the prefectural-level city of Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. The Port is centered at the mouth of the Jiaojiang River, with port areas opening to the Taizhou Bay, ...
, a natural seaport on the coast of the prefectural-level city of
Taizhou.
This long river drains .
[Li, Yan; Wolanski, Eric; Xie Qinchun. 1993. Coagulation and Settling of Suspended Sediment in the Jiaojiang River Estuary, China. Australian Institute of Marine Science's Journal of Coastal Research 9(2):390-402.]
References
Rivers of Zhejiang
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