Skip to content
YearMaps
River

Quan

River

Quan 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
33.57°, 113.95°
7.0
Coordinates: 33.5687° N, 113.9516° ECountry: ChinaOpenStreetMap ↗
Quan, China
Quan. Image via Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).

About Quan

The Quan River is a major river in Henan province of China. It is the largest tributary of the Ying River which is a part of the Huai River watershed system. Its total length is about 241 km, 120 km of which in the upstream section is also called Fen River. It flows into the Ying River in Anhui province.

Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Quan River (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Quan: Key Facts

Key facts about Quan
MouthYing River
Drainage systemYangtze River basin

Facts from Wikidata Q11143225 (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

Quan: Quick Answers

Where is Quan?
Quan is located in China, at 33.5687° N, 113.9516° E.
Are there dams on the Quan?
No dam on the Quan is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.