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Xi River (China)

LC control no.sh2001008088
Geographic headingXi River (China)
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Geographic subdivision usageChina--Xi River
Variant(s)Hsi Chiang (China)
Hsi-chih Chiang (China)
Sai Kong (China)
Si Chiang (China)
Si He (China)
Si Kiang (China)
Sui Kiang (China)
West River (China)
Xi He (China)
Xi Jiang (China)
See alsoRivers--China
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Found inWork cat: William Henry Jackson Papers. Digital Library Project, 2001.
GEONET, July 25, 2001 (Xi Jiang, China, stream, 22⁰48ʹN, 113⁰03ʹE; Variants: West River, Sui Kiang, Si Kiang, Si Chiang, Sai Kong, Hsi-chih Chiang, Hsi Chiang)
Columbia, 1998 (... Xi He [Chin.=west river], river, c.1,250 mi./2,012 km long, S China; rises in E Yunnan prov.; flows generally E through Guangxi and Guangdong provs. to the South China Sea near Guangzhou ... At the junction with the Bei, W of Guangzhou, the Xi forms the vast Pearl R. delta (2,890 sq mi./7,485 sq km), consisting of a maze of channels and canals ... Also called the West R. or Xi Jiang; sometimes spelled Si He ...)
Merriam Web. geog. (Xi or W-G Hsi, also Si. English West River SE China)
GEOnet stream; 22°48ʹ00ʺN 113°03ʹ00ʺE