Huanggang River
| Huanggang River Phoenix River (鳳江) | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 黃岡河 (Chinese) |
| Location | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| City | Chaozhou |
| County | Raoping County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Raoping County, Guangdong |
| Mouth | Zhelin Bay (柘林灣) |
• location | Bizhou Island (碧洲島), Raoping, Guangdong |
• coordinates | 23°37′09″N 117°02′17″E / 23.619086°N 117.037965°E |
| Length | 87.2 km (54.2 mi) |
| Width | |
| • average | 0.2 km (0.12 mi) |
Huanggang River (Chinese: 黃岡河; Teochew: Ng-gang Ho), also know as Phoenix River (Chinese: 鳳江; Teochew: Hong Kang), is the largest and most important waterway in Raoping County (饒平縣), the easternmost county of the Chaozhou (Teochew) region. Remarkably, it is the only river in China that both originates within Raoping and flows directly into the sea without ever crossing county borders.
The river rises at Dayuping (大崬坪) in Shangrao Town (上饒鎮) and serves as a vital artery for the region. Its main course flows from north to south, passing through eleven towns in Raoping County — Shangrao Town (上饒鎮), Raoyang Town (饒洋鎮), Xinfeng Town (新豐鎮), Sanrao Town (三饒鎮), Tangxi Town (湯溪鎮), Fushan Town (浮山鎮), Fubin Town (浮濱鎮), Zhangxi Town (樟溪鎮), Gaotang Town (高堂鎮), Lianrao Town (聯饒鎮), and Huanggang Town (黃岡鎮) — before emptying into the South China Sea at Shimiantou (石黽頭) in Bizhou Village (碧洲村), Huanggang Town. Along its course, it is joined by nine major tributaries.
Separated from the Han River (韓江)—the principal river system of the Teochew region—by a belt of hilly terrain, the Huanggang River flows close to Zhao’an County (詔安縣) in Zhangzhou, Fujian. It runs for 87.2 kilometres (54.2 mi) and drains a basin of 1,621 square kilometres (626 sq mi).