'Lishui River' (also known as 'Li River',
Chinese language: 澧水,
pinyin: lǐ-shǔi) is a
river in
Hunan province of
China, one of the
Yangtze River's four largest
tributaries in the province. (Also see the
Li River disambiguation page.)
Lishui has three origination places, the norh, the middle and the south. The north one is the most important place, origination from 'Shanmujie' of
Sangzhi county in
Zhangjiajie. The middle one, origination from the east side of the
Badagongshan Mountain in Sangzhi and the south place, origination from 'Longjiazhai' of
Yongshun County in
the Tujia and Miao Autonomous profecture of Xiangxi. The three originations join the main river in Nancha of
Sangzhi, then runs east.
It flows into the
Dongting Lake at
Xiaodukou in
Linshi. Its total length is 388
kilometres.
Cities along the river include
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Zhangjiajie
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Jishou
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Shimen
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Lixian
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Jinshi
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Changde
See also
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Geography of China
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List of rivers in China