Red River
river in southwest China and northern Vietnam
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Summary
Red River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,727 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lào Cai[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4], Vietnam[5]
- Continent: Asia[6]
- Basin country: People's Republic of China[7], Vietnam[8]
- Commons category: Red River (Asia)[9]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Gulf of Tonkin[10], South China Sea[11]
- Origin of the watercourse: Yunnan[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hong River[13]
- Tributary: Nanxi River[14], Black River[15], Lô River[16]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Hong River Basin[17]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19]
- Native label: 元江[20], Sông Hồng[21]
- Different from: Hong River[22]
- Length: 1149 km[23]
- Watershed area: 158,000 km²[24]
- Discharge: 900 cubic metre per second[25]
- Distributary: Đuống River[26]
Why It Matters
Red River has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]