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26-505: Located in the south eastern region of the city proper and on the northeastern shoreside of the Xiang River , the district is bordered to the north by Shifeng , Hetang districts and Liuyang City , to the east by Liling City , to the south by Zhuzhou County , across the Xiang river to the west by Tianyuan District . Lusong District covers 216.8 km (83.7 sq mi), as of 2015, it had

52-450: A river or stream is the point on each of its tributaries upstream from its mouth / estuary into a lake / sea or its confluence with another river. Each headwater is considered one of the river's sources , as it is the place where surface runoffs from rainwater , meltwater and/or spring water begin accumulating into a more substantial and consistent flow that becomes a first-order tributary of that river. The tributary with

78-403: A permanent resident population of 299,100. The district has 7 subdistricts and a town under its jurisdiction. After an adjustment of the divisions of Lusong District on 26 November 2015, Lusong District has 7 subdistricts and a town under its jurisdiction. they are: This Hunan location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Xiang River The Xiang River

104-438: Is marshland . The furthest stream is also often called the head stream. Headwaters are often small streams with cool waters because of shade and recently melted ice or snow. They may also be glacial headwaters, waters formed by the melting of glacial ice . Headwater areas are the upstream areas of a watershed , as opposed to the outflow or discharge of a watershed. The river source is often but not always on or quite near

130-415: Is "in a location that is the farthest, along water miles, from where that river ends." Under this definition, neither a lake (excepting lakes with no inflows) nor a confluence of tributaries can be a true river source, though both often provide the starting point for the portion of a river carrying a single name. For example, National Geographic and virtually every other geographic authority and atlas define

156-691: Is actually founded. According to the 2011 national Water Census of China , it is the East Branch, not the West, that should be regarded as the main stream of the Xiang. This is because it is both longer and contributes a greater volume of water than the western branch. The east branch retains the name of Xiao River , and it rises in Yegou Mountain (野狗岭) of Xiangjiangyuan Township (湘江源瑶族乡) in Lanshan County , Hunan. The two branches converge at Ping Island to form

182-690: Is the East Branch of the upper course. As of 2011 Water Census of China, it may be regarded as the Main Stream of the upper Xiang River. Xiao rises in Xiangjiangyuan Township of Lanshan County , from the headwaters to Ping Island at the confluence with the West Branch (Left Branch) from Guangxi, it runs 365 kilometres (227 mi). With the tributaries, the Xiao River has a drainage basin area of 12,094 square kilometres (4,670 sq mi). In

208-669: Is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze , the largest river in Hunan Province , China . It is the second-largest tributary (after the Min River ) in terms of surface runoff , the fifth-largest tributary by drainage area of the Yangtze tributaries. The river flows generally northeast through the provinces of Guangxi and Hunan, its tributaries reaching into Jiangxi and Guangdong . Traditionally, it

234-460: The Chinese folk religion , the river is protected by the " Xiang River goddesses " or "Xiang Consorts" Ehuang and Nüying . They are said to have been the daughters of the legendary ruler Yao and the wives of his successor Shun . Unable to bear the pain of their husband's death, they committed suicide in this river. An etiological myth relates the spots on the spotted bamboo ( 斑竹 ), also known as

260-569: The headwaters at Xing'an County , Guangxi , the West Branch flows approximately 261 kilometres (162 mi) to Ping Island of Yongzhou , where it is joined by the Xiao River to form the middle Xiang River. Historically it was recognized that the headwaters of the Xiang rise in Haiyang Mountains . People say the Xiang and the Li Rivers share the same origin, because the upper reaches of

286-450: The East source of the Xiao River originating from Lanshan County of Hunan. With the tributaries, the Xiang has a river basin area of 94,721 square kilometres (36,572 sq mi), of which Hunan has an area of 85,383 square kilometres (32,967 sq mi). In a situation of Guangxi source, the Xiang has a length of 844 kilometres (524 mi); In another situation of Xiao River as

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312-753: The Main Stem of the Xiang. The Main Stem is located in the eastern part of Hunan. The Xiang generally flows southwest to northeast from Lingling District of Yongzhou to Xiangyin County , and empties into the Yangtze River via Lake Dongting . The Left Branch, also known as the West Branch of the upper course is traditionally known the upper Xiang River, the portion of the Xiang River upstream called Xiangshui River (湘水). From

338-575: The USGS at times considers the Missouri River as a tributary of the Mississippi River . But it also follows the first definition above (along with virtually all other geographic authorities and publications) in using the combined Missouri—lower Mississippi length figure in lists of lengths of rivers around the world. Most rivers have numerous tributaries and change names often; it is customary to regard

364-473: The Xiang bamboo ( 湘竹 or 湘江竹 ), Xiang Consort bamboo ( 湘妃竹 ), and teardrop bamboo ( 淚竹 ), to the tears of the weeping consorts. They were worshipped in some form by the people of Chu during the Warring States and its poet Qu Yuan is credited with writing the "Ladies Xiang" ( 湘夫人 ) to document the ritual songs in their honor. The late Tang Dynasty poet Yu Wuling is supposed to have been fond of

390-562: The confluence of the Madison and Jefferson rivers, rather than the source of its longest tributary (the Jefferson). This contradicts the most common definition, which is, according to a US Army Corps of Engineers official on a USGS site, that "[geographers] generally follow the longest tributary to identify the source of rivers and streams." In the case of the Missouri River, this would have

416-619: The edge of the watershed, or watershed divide. For example, the source of the Colorado River is at the Continental Divide separating the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean watersheds of North America . A river is considered a linear geographic feature, with only one mouth and one source. For an example, the Mississippi River and Missouri River sources are officially defined as follows: The verb "rise" can be used to express

442-413: The longest course downstream of the headwaters is regarded as the main stem . The United States Geological Survey (USGS) states that a river's "length may be considered to be the distance from the mouth to the most distant headwater source (irrespective of stream name), or from the mouth to the headwaters of the stream commonly known as the source stream". As an example of the second definition above,

468-551: The longest tributary or stem as the source, regardless of what name that watercourse may carry on local maps and in local usage. This most commonly identified definition of a river source specifically uses the most distant point (along watercourses from the river mouth ) in the drainage basin from which water runs year-around ( perennially ), or, alternatively, as the furthest point from which water could possibly flow ephemerally . The latter definition includes sometimes-dry channels and removes any possible definitions that would have

494-516: The main source stream, the Xiang has a length of 948 kilometres (589 mi). The Upper Xiang River has two large Branches, the West (left) and East (right). The West Branch is traditionally known as the main stream, originating from the Haiyang Mountains in Guilin of Guangxi . In Hunan , there had been debate on whether or not this tradition of regarding the West Branch as the main stream

520-628: The river changes names numerous times along its course. However, the source of the Thames in England is traditionally reckoned according to the named river Thames rather than its longer tributary, the Churn — although not without contention. When not listing river lengths, however, alternative definitions may be used. The Missouri River's source is named by some USGS and other federal and state agency sources, following Lewis and Clark 's naming convention, as

546-595: The river source "move around" from month to month depending on precipitation or ground water levels. This definition, from geographer Andrew Johnston of the Smithsonian Institution , is also used by the National Geographic Society when pinpointing the source of rivers such as the Amazon or Nile . A definition given by the state of Montana agrees, stating that a river source is never a confluence but

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572-554: The scenery along the Xiang River. The classic Chinese novel The Dream of the Red Chamber includes a character Shi Xiangyun who takes one of the characters of her name from the river. Mao Zedong 's Shian Kian Weekly Review , founded on 14 June 1919, publicized Marxism in Changsha . 29°26′N 113°8′E  /  29.433°N 113.133°E  / 29.433; 113.133 River source The headwater of

598-582: The source be well upstream from Lewis and Clark's confluence, "following the Jefferson River to the Beaverhead River to Red Rock River , then Red Rock Creek to Hell Roaring Creek ." Sometimes the source of the most remote tributary may be in an area that is more marsh -like, in which the "uppermost" or most remote section of the marsh would be the true source. For example, the source of the River Tees

624-617: The source of the Nile River not as Lake Victoria 's outlet where the name "Nile" first appears, which would reduce the Nile's length by over 900 km (560 mi) (dropping it to fourth or fifth on the list of world's rivers), but instead use the source of the largest river flowing into the lake, the Kagera River . Likewise, the source of the Amazon River has been determined this way, even though

650-720: The two rivers are connected by the ancient Lingqu Canal , which is located in Xing'an County , Guangxi . According to a traditional saying, 70% of the water in Lingqu flows into the Xiang and 30% flows into the Li River. In the past, the canal, along with the Xiang River and the Gui River provided an important waterway connecting the Yangtze River with the Pearl River Delta . The Xiao River

676-542: Was regarded that the West (left) Branch is the Main Stream of the Upper Xiang, which rises in the Haiyang Mountains between Xing'an and Lingchuan counties of Guangxi. In the 1st national water census of China in 2011, the East Branch Xiao River , was identified as the Main Stem of the Upper Xiang. The Ping Island of Yongzhou is the meeting of the two streams, the West source originating from Guangxi and

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