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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 river gave its name to the ancient Chinese Han dynasty , which marked one of ancient China's first golden ages and through it, to the Han Chinese , the dominant ethnic group in modern China and ...
Da Nang or Danang [nb 1] (Vietnamese: Đà Nẵng, Vietnamese pronunciation: [ɗaː˨˩ n̪a˧˥ˀŋ]) is the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. [7] It lies on the coast of the South China Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one of Vietnam's most important port cities.
The name "Han River" began to be used around the time when Baekje started interacting with China's Eastern Jin Dynasty; from then on, it was called "Hansu" (漢水) or "Hangang" (漢江). [11] [12] Arisu (阿利水) is an archaic term used to refer to both the Han River and the Amnok River.
Han River may refer to: Han River (Guangdong) (Hánjiāng, 韩江), southeast China, flows into the South China Sea; Han River (Hubei and Shaanxi) (Hànshuǐ, 漢水 or Hànjiāng, 漢江), the longest tributary of the Yangtze, China; Han River (Korea) (Hangang, 한강, 漢江), flowing through Seoul, Korea; Han River (Taiwan) (Hànxī, 旱溪 ...
The Han River (simplified Chinese: 韩江; traditional Chinese: 韓江; pinyin: Hán Jiāng) is a river in southeast China. It is located mainly in eastern Guangdong and has a total length of 410 kilometres (250 mi). The river is combined with two main tributary rivers, Mei River and Ting River, at Sanheba (三河坝), Dabu County. [2] Han ...
The Hàn River (Vietnamese: sông Hàn (滝瀚)) is a river entirely located in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam. It is formed where the Cẩm Lệ and the Đò Toản join on the tripoint of the Da Nang city districts Cẩm Lệ , Ngũ Hành Sơn , and Hải Châu [ 1 ] and empties into the Da Nang Bay .
In this way, Hanzhong was responsible for the naming of the Han dynasty, which was later hailed as the first golden age in imperial Chinese history and lends its name to the principal ethnic group in China. Hanzhong is located at the modern headwater of the Han River, the largest tributary of the Yangtze River.
The Yangtze River enters Hubei from the west via the Three Gorges; the eastern half of the Three Gorges (Xiling Gorge and part of Wu Gorge) lie in western Hubei, while the western half is in neighbouring Chongqing. The Han River enters the province from the northwest.