Ting River
Ting River | |
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Native name | |
Location | |
Country | China |
Physical characteristics | |
Length | 300 kilometres (190 mi) |
The Ting River (Chinese:
The former prefecture of Tingzhou fu or T'ingchow-fu (
The Tingjiang is unique among Fujianese rivers in that its lower watershed and debouchment are outside the province. The traffic in Tingzhou-fu/Changting then (before road and rail came very recently) was always primarily with eastern areas of Guangdong, namely Meizhou and, further down, the Min-Nan-speaking Chao-Shan area -- Chaozhou (
Tributaries
[edit]- Yongding River (Fujian) - left tributary; much of Yongding County is within its drainage area. (Not to be confused with the Yongding River in Beijing).