Wei River, the Glossary
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57 relations: Baoji, Beijing, Chang'an, Chinese mythology, Chishui River (Shaanxi), Commercial Press, Confluence, Dali County, Dingxi, Drainage basin, Dunhuang, Feng River, Gangu County, Gansu, Guanzhong, Han dynasty, Henan, Historical capitals of China, History of China, Jiang River, Jing River, Kashgar, Kuafu, Lanzhou, Luo River (Shaanxi), Main stem, Mount Liupan, Niutou River, North China Plain, Northern Silk Road, Ordos Plateau, Parthia, Qin dynasty, Records of the Grand Historian, Renminbi, River, River source, Sanmenxia Dam, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shennong, Taklamakan Desert, Tang dynasty, Tao River, Tianshui, Tongguan County, Town centre, Urban stream, Weinan, Weiyuan County, Gansu, ... Expand index (7 more) »
- Rivers of Gansu
- Rivers of Shaanxi
- Tributaries of the Yellow River
Baoji
Baoji is a prefecture-level city in western Shaanxi province, People's Republic of China.
Beijing
Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.
Chang'an
Chang'an is the traditional name of Xi'an.
Chinese mythology
Chinese mythology is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature throughout the area now known as Greater China.
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Chishui River (Shaanxi)
The Chishui River (literally "Red Water River") is a river in China. Wei River and Chishui River (Shaanxi) are rivers of Shaanxi.
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Commercial Press
The Commercial Press is the first modern publishing organization in China.
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Confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: conflux) occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel.
Dali County
Dali County is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Weinan, in the east-central part of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi province to the east.
Dingxi
Dingxi, also known as Longyou is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Gansu province, People's Republic of China.
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.
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Dunhuang
Dunhuang is a county-level city in northwestern Gansu Province, Western China.
Feng River
The Feng River is located in the southeast of Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Gangu County
Gangu County is a county in the southeast of Gansu province, China.
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Gansu
Gansu is an inland province in Northwestern China.
Guanzhong
Guanzhong (formerly romanised as Kwanchung) region, also known as the Guanzhong Basin, Wei River Basin, or uncommonly as the Shaanzhong region, is a historical region of China corresponding to the crescentic graben basin within present-day central Shaanxi, bounded between the Qinling Mountains in the south (known as Guanzhong's "South Mountains"), and the Huanglong Mountain, Meridian Ridge and Long Mountain ranges in the north (collectively known as its "North Mountains").
Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.
Henan
Henan is an inland province of China.
Historical capitals of China
This is a list of historical capitals of China.
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History of China
The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area.
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Jiang River
The Jiang River (p Jiāng Shuǐ) is the ancient name of a river in China.
Jing River
The Jing River or Jing He (Pinyin: Jīng Hé), also called Jing Shui, is a tributary of the Wei River, which in turn is the largest tributary of the Yellow River. Wei River and Jing River are rivers of Gansu, rivers of Shaanxi and tributaries of the Yellow River.
Kashgar
Kashgar (قەشقەر) or Kashi (c) is a city in the Tarim Basin region of southern Xinjiang, China.
Kuafu
Kuafu is a giant in Chinese mythology who wished to capture the Sun.
Lanzhou
Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu province in northwestern China.
Luo River (Shaanxi)
Luo River, also known by its Chinese name as the is a tributary of the Wei River. Wei River and Luo River (Shaanxi) are rivers of Shaanxi.
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Main stem
In hydrology, a mainstem (or trunk) is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries".
Mount Liupan
Mount Liupan (p) is a mountain range in northwestern China, located mostly in southern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
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Niutou River
The Niutou River is a major tributary of the Wei River, streaming north-east of Tianshui and through the town of Qingshui. Wei River and Niutou River are rivers of Gansu.
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North China Plain
The North China Plain is a large-scale downfaulted rift basin formed in the late Paleogene and Neogene and then modified by the deposits of the Yellow River.
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Northern Silk Road
The Northern Silk Road is a historic inland trade route in Northwest China and Central Asia (historically known as the Western Regions), originating in the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an (modern day Xi'an), westwards through the Hexi Corridor (in what is the modern Gansu province) into the Tarim Basin, going around north of the Taklamakan Desert along the two sides of the Tianshan Mountains, and then past the Pamir Mountains to reach the ancient kingdoms of Bactria, Sogdia, Kushan, Parthia and eventually the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
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Ordos Plateau
The Ordos Plateau, also known as the Ordos Basin or simply the Ordos, is a highland sedimentary basin in parts of most Northern China with an elevation of, and consisting mostly of land enclosed by the Ordos Loop, a large northerly rectangular bend of the Yellow River.
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Parthia
Parthia (𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 Parθava; 𐭐𐭓𐭕𐭅Parθaw; 𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭥𐭡𐭥 Pahlaw) is a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran.
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China.
Records of the Grand Historian
Records of the Grand Historian, also known by its Chinese name Shiji, is a monumental history of China that is the first of China's Twenty-Four Histories.
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Renminbi
The renminbi (symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB), also known as Chinese Yuan is the official currency of the People's Republic of China.
River
A river is a natural flowing freshwater stream, flowing on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river.
River source
The headwater of a river or stream is the farthest point on each of its tributaries upstream from its mouth/estuary into a lake/sea or its confluence with another river.
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Sanmenxia Dam
The Sanmenxia Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the middle-reaches of the Yellow River near Sanmenxia Gorge on the border between Shanxi province and Henan Province, China.
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Shaanxi
Shaanxi is an inland province in Northwestern China.
Shanxi
Shanxi is an inland province of China and is part of the North China region.
Shennong
Shennong (神農), variously translated as "Divine Farmer" or "Divine Husbandman", born Jiang Shinian (姜石年), was a mythological Chinese ruler known as the first Yan Emperor who has become a deity in Chinese and Vietnamese folk religion.
Taklamakan Desert
The Taklamakan Desert (p, Xiao'erjing: تَاكْلامَاقًا شَاموْ, Такәламаган Шамә; تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى, Täklimakan Qumluqi; also spelled Teklimakan) is a desert in Southwestern Xinjiang in Northwest China.
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Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705.
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Tao River
Tao River, Taohe River or Lu Chu is a right tributary of China's Yellow River. Wei River and Tao River are rivers of Gansu and tributaries of the Yellow River.
Tianshui
Tianshui is a prefecture-level city in Gansu province, China, and is the province's second-largest city (behind the provincial capital Lanzhou).
Tongguan County
Tongguan County (alternately romanized as Tungkwan) is a county in the east of Shaanxi province, China, administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Weinan.
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Town centre
A town centre is the commercial or geographical centre or core area of a town.
Urban stream
An urban stream is a formerly natural waterway that flows through a heavily populated area.
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Weinan
Weinan is a prefecture-level city in east-central Shaanxi province, northwest China.
Weiyuan County, Gansu
Weiyuan County is a county in Gansu province, China.
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Wushan County, Gansu
Wushan County is a county in the east of Gansu Province of China.
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Wushao Mountain
Wushao Mountain, Wushao Ling Mountain or Wushaoling is a landform in Gansu Province, China, with significant desert elements on its northern slope.
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Xi'an
Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province.
Xianyang
Xianyang is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, situated on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream (west) from the provincial capital of Xi'an.
Yan Emperor
The Yan Emperor or the Flame Emperor was a legendary ancient Chinese ruler in pre-dynastic times.
Yellow River
The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze; with an estimated length of it is the sixth-longest river system on Earth. Wei River and Yellow River are rivers of Gansu and rivers of Shaanxi.
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Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from until 256 BC, the longest of such reign in Chinese history.
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See also
Rivers of Gansu
- Bailong River
- Daxia River
- Ejin River
- Huang Jian
- Jialing River
- Jing River
- Niutou River
- Shiyang River
- Shule River
- Tao River
- Wei River
- Yanzi River
- Yellow River
- Zhuanglang River
Rivers of Shaanxi
- Bao River
- Chi River (Hanshui)
- Chishui River (Shaanxi)
- Dan River (China)
- Han River (Hubei and Shaanxi)
- Jialing River
- Jing River
- Luo River (Henan)
- Luo River (Shaanxi)
- Muma River
- Wei River
- Wuding River
- Yan River
- Yellow River
- Yue River
Tributaries of the Yellow River
- Daxia River
- Fen River
- Huangshui River
- Jing River
- Luo River (Henan)
- Qin River (Shanxi)
- Tao River
- Wei River
- Zhuanglang River
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_River
Also known as Wei He, Wei He River, Wei River (China), Wei River Valley, Weishui River, .
, Wushan County, Gansu, Wushao Mountain, Xi'an, Xianyang, Yan Emperor, Yellow River, Zhou dynasty.