River mouth South China Sea Length 577 km Province Fujian | Discharge 1,980 m³/s Basin area 60,922 km² Country China | |
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Native name (simplified Chinese: 闽江; traditional Chinese: 閩江; pinyin: Mǐn Jiāng) Basin size 60,922 km (23,522 sq mi) Bridges Langqi Minjiang Bridge, Qingzhou Bridge, Huai'an Bridge, Sanxianzhou Bridge | ||
The Min River (simplified Chinese: 闽江; traditional Chinese: 閩江; pinyin: Mǐn Jiāng; Foochow Romanized: Mìng-gĕ̤ng) is a 577 kilometres (359 mi)-long river in Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is the largest river in Fujian, and an important water transport channel. Most of northern and central Fujian is within its drainage area.
Map of Minjiang River, Fuzhou, China
The provincial capital, Fuzhou, sits on the lower Min River, with its historic center being on the northern side of the river. Fuzhou's suburb Changle is on the other side of the river, even closer to its fall into the Taiwan Strait; the location historically made it an important port.
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Min River (Fujian) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA