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Encyclopedia > You River

The Yu River (also called the Siang River) is a river in the south of China. It rises in two branches - the Zao River and the You River. The You flows roughly south-east from its source close to Bose in Guangxi. The Zao flows north-east from its sources in Vietnam. They meet just west of Nanning. The Yu itself runs roughly due East for 400 miles before joining the Hongshui He at Guiping to form the Xi River. Bose or Bosé may refer to: People: (Bose is a Bengali, German, or Italian surname) Amar Bose, MIT professor; founder of the Bose Corporation Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist Rahul Bose, Indian actor Satyendra Nath Bose, 20th century physicist Subhash Chandra Bose (aka Netaji), a leader of the Indian independence... 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... Xi River (西江, pinyin: Xī Jiāng, Postal System Pinyin: Si Kiang, lit. ...


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