Fen River

Fen River
River, Shanxi province, northern China.

After rising in the Guancen Mountains in northwestern Shanxi, it flows southeast to Taiyuan and then southwest through the central valley of Shanxi to join the Huang near Hejin. Its total length is about 340 mi (550 km). With a torrential course and steep gradients, it is a useful waterway only in its lower reaches. Its valley was an early center of civilization and has remained an important route, linking the Beijing area with the strategically vital Shanxi province and the major land routes to Central Asia.

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Chinese (Pinyin)  Fen He , or  (Wade-Giles romanization)  Fen Ho 

      river in Shanxi (Shansi) province, northern china. The Fen River is an eastern tributary of the Huang He (Yellow River). After rising in the Guancen Mountains in northwestern Shanxi, it flows southeast into the basin of Taiyuan and then southwest through the central valley of Shanxi to join the Huang He near Hejin. Its total length is approximately 435 miles (700 km).

      The Fen River and its tributaries drain the whole of central Shanxi. Its basin falls into several separate sections: the high and rugged plateau drained by its headwaters to the east of the Lüliang (Lüliang Mountains) and Luya mountains; the extensive and heavily cultivated basin of Taiyuan; the narrow central valley, opening up into minor basins around Linfen and Quwu; and finally the plains area in which the Fen River turns sharply west to join the Huang He.

      The Fen River has a torrential course with steep gradients and rapids and has never been a useful waterway except in its lower reaches. junk traffic is possible as far as Quwu (near Houma), and small craft can navigate as far as Linfen. The plain around Taiyuan has extensive irrigation systems, of which the most important is the Guanghui Canal. The Fen River valley was an early centre of civilization and has remained an important route, linking the Beijing area with the strategically vital Shanxi province and with the major land routes to Central Asia via Gansu province.

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