Lijiang near Guilin in Guangxi

The Li River

20 Yuan note and its inspiration

Elephant Trunk Hill, the symbol of Guilin

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The Li River (Chinese: 漓江, pinyin: Lí Jiāng) is a river in Guangxi Province, China. (Also see the Li River disambiguation page.) Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1062x778, 74 KB) Summary Description: position of Guilin in the Chinese autonomous region of Guangxi Source: own work Date: December 2005 Author: --Immanuel Giel 14:56, 13 December 2005 (UTC) Other versions: none Licensing File links The following pages link to... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1062x778, 74 KB) Summary Description: position of Guilin in the Chinese autonomous region of Guangxi Source: own work Date: December 2005 Author: --Immanuel Giel 14:56, 13 December 2005 (UTC) Other versions: none Licensing File links The following pages link to... position of Guilin in Guangxi Guilin in Guangxi Guilin (Chinese: æ¡‚æž—; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuei-lin, Postal System Pinyin: Kweilin; Zhuang: Gveilinz) is one of Chinas most picturesque cities, with a population of 670,000, situated in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the Peoples... Guangxi (Zhuang: Gvangjsih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西; Traditional Chinese: 廣西; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ«; Wade-Giles: Kuang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangsi), full name Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Zhuang: Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西壮族自治区; Traditional Chinese: 廣西壯族自治區; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ« Zhuàngzú ZìzhìqÅ«) is a Zhuang autonomous region of... From zh:Image:Guilin_lijiang. ... From zh:Image:Guilin_lijiang. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 869 KB) Summary Photo taken by Bobak HaEri. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 869 KB) Summary Photo taken by Bobak HaEri. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A landmark in Guilin. ... Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Wikimedia Commons logo by Reid Beels The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音方案; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音方案; Pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n fāngàn), while pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)), is a system of romanization (phonemic notation... The Murray River in Australia. ... Guangxi (Zhuang: Gvangjsih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西; Traditional Chinese: 廣西; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ«; Wade-Giles: Kuang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangsi), full name Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Zhuang: Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西壮族自治区; Traditional Chinese: 廣西壯族自治區; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ« Zhuàngzú ZìzhìqÅ«) is a Zhuang autonomous region of... Li River can refer to: Li River (also known as Lishui River, 澧水，pinyin: lǐ-shǔi) is a river in Hunan province of China, one of the Yangtze rivers four largest tributaries in the province. ...

The Li River originates in the Mao'er Mountains in Xing'an county and flows through Guilin, Yangshuo and Pingle, down into the Xi Jiang, the western tributary of Pearl River in Wuzhou, its course of 437 kilometers is flanked by green hills and beautiful scenery. position of Guilin in Guangxi Guilin in Guangxi Guilin (Chinese: 桂林; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuei-lin, Postal System Pinyin: Kweilin; Zhuang: Gveilinz) is one of Chinas most picturesque cities, with a population of 670,000, situated in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the Peoples... The town of Yangshuo from a nearby karst peak. ... Xi River (西江, pinyin: Xī Jiāng, Postal System Pinyin: Si Kiang, lit. ... A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... The Pearl River (珠江 Pinyin: Zhū Jiāng) is Chinas third longest river (2,200 km, after the Yangtze River and the Huang He), and second largest by volume (after the Yangtze). ... Wuzhou is a prefecture-level city on the Eastern fringe of Guangxi Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... A kilometer (Commonwealth spelling: kilometre), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1,000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ...

Li River Scenery

Along the 100-kilometer stretch of the Li River, mountain peaks rise straight into the sky as if they have pushed up from the ground. It is Guilin, one of China's most famous scenic areas. Categories: Stub ... position of Guilin in Guangxi Guilin in Guangxi Guilin (Chinese: æ¡‚æž—; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuei-lin, Postal System Pinyin: Kweilin; Zhuang: Gveilinz) is one of Chinas most picturesque cities, with a population of 670,000, situated in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the Peoples...

The serene mountains, sparkling waters, and exotic rocks typical of the karst landmass in the Li River basin have inspired the saying: "The landscape of Guilin is unmatched under heaven." The 83 kilometers of the Lijiang River from Guilin to Yangshuo form an outstanding feature of the beautiful landscape in Guilin. Karst topography is a landscape of distinctive dissolution patterns often marked by underground drainages. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ...

1. Reed-Flute Rock: a wonderful limestone cave with a large number of stalactites, stalagmites, stalacto-stalagmites, rocky curtains, and cave corals.
2. Seven-Star Park: the largest park in Guilin.
3. Mountain of Splendid Hues: consists of many layers of variously colored rocks.
4. Elephant-Trunk Hill: looks very much like a giant elephant drinking water with its trunk. It is symbol of the city of Guilin.
5. Lingqu Canal: dug in 214 B.C., is one of the three big water conservation projects of ancient China and the oldest existing canal in the world.
6. Other attractions include: Duxiu Peak, Nanxi Park, the Taohua River, the Giant Banyan, and the Huashan-Lijiang National Folklore Park.

The beautiful imagery of the Li River is featured on the 20 yuan note (see photo). Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) This article is about natural caves; for artificial caves used as dwellings, such as those in north China, see yaodong. ... Lingqu Canal (Simplified Chinese:灵渠，Traditional Chinese:靈渠, Pinyin: Líng Qú) is located in Xingan county, near Guilin, in Guangxi province, China. ... 100 Renminbi Yuan issued in 1999 The renminbi (Simplified Chinese: 人民币; Traditional Chinese: 人民幣; Pinyin: rénmínbì; literally peoples currency) or the yuan (Chinese: å…ƒ or 圆; Hanyu Pinyin: yuán) is the official currency in the mainland of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...

See also

• Geography of China
• List of rivers in China

china China stretches some 5,000 kilometers across the East Asian landmass in an erratically changing configuration of broad plains, expansive deserts, and lofty mountain ranges, including vast areas of inhospitable terrain. ... This is a list of rivers which are at least partially located in China and their termini: Amur (Heilongjiang) (黑龙江)- Sea of Japan Songhua River (松花江) Brahmaputra - Bay of Bengal (joins the Ganges) Yangtze (Chang Jiang) (长江) - East China Sea Jialing (嘉陵江) Bailong (白龙江) Baishui (白水) Qujiang (渠江) Fujiang (涪 江) Min (Sichuan) (岷江) Wu (乌江） Gan (赣江) Zhang (章江) Gongshui (貢水) Mian Xiang...