The Taiwan Strait is a 180-kilometer -wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and the Asian continent. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north. The narrowest part is 130 km wide.
The Han River is a river in the central region of the Korean peninsula, with some of its tributaries and drainage basin in North Korea. It is classified as a national first-class river in South Korea. The Han River currently has eight river islands: Nodeulseom, Ttukseom, Yeouido, Bamseom, Seoraeseom, Sebitseom, and Yeoido.
The Han River, also known by its Chinese names Hanshui and Hanjiang, is a major river in Central China. A left tributary of the Yangtze, the longest river in Asia, it has a length of 1,532 km (952 mi) and is the longest tributary of the Yangtze system.
The Liao River is the principal river in southern Northeast China, and one of the seven main river systems in China. Its name is derived from the Liao region, a historical name for southern Manchuria, from which the Liaoning province, Liaodong Peninsula, and Liao dynasty also derive their names. The river is also popularly known as the "mother river" in Northeast China. Coursing 1,345 kilometres (836 mi) long, the Liao River system drains a catchment basin of over 232,000 square kilometres (90,000 sq mi), but its mean discharge is quite small at only about 500 cubic metres per second (18,000 cu ft/s), about one-twentieth that of the Pearl River. The Liao River has an exceedingly high sediment load because many parts of it flow through powdery loess.
The Tamsui River (alternatively Danshui River, Chinese: 淡水河; pinyin: Dànshǔi Hé; Wade–Giles: Tan4-shui3 Ho2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-chúi-hô; lit. 'Freshwater River') is third longest river in Taiwan after Zhuoshui River and Gaoping River, with a total length of 158.7 km (98.6 mi), flowing through Hsinchu County, Taoyuan, Taipei and New Taipei City. It is located in northern part of the island.
Wu is the atonal romanization of several Chinese river names, chiefly 烏江, meaning "Raven", "Crow", or "Black River".
Hanjiang may refer to the following in China:
Lishui (丽水市) is a prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, China.
The Xihan or Western Han River is a northern tributary of the Jialing River, itself a tributary of the Yangtze. Within China, it is also known as the "Rhinoceros River".
The Wei River is a major river in Gansu and Shaanxi Provinces in central China. The largest tributary of the Yellow River, it forms a shortcut across the river's wide Ordos Loop and was a center of early Chinese civilization.
Lian River may refer to these rivers in China:
The Yan River is a river in Shaanxi, China. The river flows from its source, the Xingzi River in Jingbian County, in the prefecture-level city Yulin, and then flows through neighboring Yan'an, finally flowing into the larger Yellow River in Yanchang County, Yan'an. The Yan River flows a total length of 286.9 kilometres (178.3 mi), and has a total basin area of 7,725 square kilometres (2,983 sq mi).
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