Rong River (Guangdong)

The Rong River, (Chinese: 榕江, tr. Róngjiāng) commonly referred to as the South River (南河, tr. nánhé), formerly known as the Jieyang River (揭阳江, tr. jiēyángjiāng) is located in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China and is the second longest river on the eastern coast of Guangdong. It is named for the many Banyan trees (róngshù) in the city of Jieyang. It rises in the southern foothills of Phoenix Mountain in Luhe County and flows northeast through the towns of Dongkeng and Shuichun, in Jiexi County the towns of Wuyun, Hepo, Daxi, and Qiankeng, in Puning the town of Lihu, then again in Jiexi the towns of Mianhu and Fengjiang, Jieyang city, and finally empties into the South China Sea at Shantou. The river is 196 km long with a drainage basin area of 4650 km² and an average annual discharge of 6.1 billion m³. Typhoons, flooding, waterlogging, and droughts are all common along the Rong River basin.[1]

Rong River
A large fountain on the Rong River in Jieyang.
Native name	榕江 Róngjiāng (Chinese)
Location
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	South of Phoenix Mountain, Luhe County, Guangdong
Mouth
• location	Shantou, Guangdong
• coordinates	23°19′17″N 116°46′00″E
Length	196 km
Basin size	4650 km2
Discharge
• location	Jiexi East Bridge Park
• minimum	0 m3/s
• maximum	5160 m3/s
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Shangsha, Wuyun, Hengjiang, Longtan, Wujingfu, Bei
• right	Shidu, Hongyang