The Xihan or Western Han River (
Chinese:
trad. ,
simp. , ''Xīhànshuǐ'') is a northern tributary of the
Jialing River
The Jialing River, formerly known by numerous other names, is a major tributary of the Yangtze River in the Sichuan Basin. It is named after the Jialing Valley in Feng County, Shaanxi through which it flows.
The Jialing River's most notable c ...
, itself a tributary of the
Yangtze
The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ) is the longest river in Eurasia and the third-longest in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and flows including Dam Qu River the longest source of the Yangtze, i ...
. Within China, it is also known as the "Rhinoceros River" (, ''Xīniújiāng'').
The "Western" in its name distinguishes this river from the
Han River, today known in Chinese as the ''Hanjiang'' () but historically known as the ''Hanshui'' ().
See also
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Han River ()
References
Rivers of China
Yangtze River
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