Xiang River basin

E42102
drainage basin river basin

The Xiang River basin is a major river system in southern China that drains much of Hunan Province and has long been a vital corridor for agriculture, transport, and regional culture.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Xiang River 8
Xiangjiang River basin 2
Xiangjiang River Valley 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
containsCity Changsha ⓘ
Chenzhou ⓘ
Hengyang ⓘ
Xiangtan ⓘ
Yongzhou ⓘ
Zhuzhou ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalRegion Xiang culture ⓘ
culturalRole cradle of Hunan culture ⓘ
drainedBy Xiang River basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Xiang River
economicRole industrial corridor ⓘ
transport corridor ⓘ
environmentalIssue flood risk ⓘ
heavy metal contamination ⓘ
industrial wastewater discharge ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
flowsThroughRegion Xiang River basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Xiangjiang River Valley
hasFloodControlInfrastructure levees ⓘ
reservoirs ⓘ
hasMajorTributary Lian River ⓘ
surface form: Chongling River

Lei River ⓘ
Lian River ⓘ
Mi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xiangshui River ⓘ
Xiao River ⓘ
hasMouthNear Lake Dongting ⓘ
surface form: Dongting Lake
historicallyUsedFor grain transport ⓘ
inland shipping ⓘ
timber transport ⓘ
historicalRegion Xiang River basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Xiangjiang River basin
languageRegion Xiang Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn Hunan Province ⓘ
southern China ⓘ
majorRiverSystemOf Hunan Province ⓘ
managedBy Hunan provincial government ⓘ
surface form: Hunan provincial authorities
partOf South China river systems ⓘ
Yangtze River ⓘ
surface form: Yangtze River basin
primaryUse agriculture ⓘ
freshwater supply ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ
subjectTo monsoon rainfall ⓘ
supportsCrop aquaculture ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
rapeseed ⓘ
rice ⓘ
tributaryTo Yangtze River ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xiang River basin → drainedBy → Xiang River basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xiang River
Xiang River basin → flowsThroughRegion → Xiang River basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xiangjiang River Valley
Xiang Chinese → geographicCore → Xiang River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xiang River
Xiang River basin → historicalRegion → Xiang River basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xiangjiang River basin
Xiangtan → historicalRegion → Xiang River basin ⓘ
Shaoshan → locatedIn → Xiang River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xiangjiang River basin
Xiangtan → locatedOn → Xiang River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xiang River
Changsha → locatedOnRiver → Xiang River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xiang River
Xiangtan → majorRiver → Xiang River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xiang River
Xiang Chinese → namedAfter → Xiang River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xiang River
Shaoshan, Hunan, Qing Empire → partOf → Xiang River basin ⓘ
Changsha → river → Xiang River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xiang River
Hunan Province → traversedByRiver → Xiang River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xiang River