Jian_River_(Guangdong)
Jian River (Guangdong)
River in China
Jian River (Chinese: 鉴江), also known as the Jianjiang River and the Ganjiang River, is the largest river in western Guangdong, China. It has a total length of 232 kilometres (144 mi), and a basin area of 9464 square kilometres.[citation needed] It originates from Tiger Leopard Pit (Chinese: Zhangyang Pit) [1] in the village of Zhuangdong, at the foot of the Yunkai Mountain, in northern Xinyi. The urban areas of Xinyi, Huazhou, Gaozhou and Wuchuan are all located along Jianjiang.