Gan
Gan is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 27.01°, 115.04°
About Gan
The Gan River (Chinese: 赣江; pinyin: Gàn Jiāng, Gan: Kōm-kong) runs north through the western part of Jiangxi before flowing into Lake Poyang and thus the Yangtze River. The Xiang-Gan uplands separate it from the Xiang River of neighboring eastern Hunan.
Two similarly sized rivers, the Gong River which is the southern tributary and the Mei River from the north combine in Yudu County, Jiangxi, to form the Gan. The Gan River flows 527 km (327 mi) before splitting into distributaries just north of Nanchang. The longest of these, the North Branch, is several times longer than the other distributaries at 72 km (45 mi). The Gan River is the major geographical feature of Jiangxi, and gives its name to the Gan variety of Chinese as well as the province's one-character abbreviation.
The river feeds into Lake Poyang, which in turns connects with the Yangtze.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Gan River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Gan: Key Facts
| Length | 758 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 1,667 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 81,600 km² |
| Mouth | Poyang Lake |
| Drainage system | Yangtze River basin |
| Tributaries | Suichuan River, Zhang River, Heshui, Shushui, Shuang River, Yuanshui River, Jin River |
Facts from Wikidata Q1046685 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Gan: Quick Answers
- Where is Gan?
- Gan is located in China, at 27.0064° N, 115.0367° E.
- Are there dams on the Gan?
- No dam on the Gan is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.