Han_River_(Shaanxi_and_Hubei)
Han River (Hubei and Shaanxi)
Longest tributary of the Yangtze River, China
The Han River, also known by its Chinese names Hanshui (Chinese: 汉水) and Han Jiang (汉江), is a major river in Central China. A left tributary of the Yangtze, the longest river in Asia, it has a length of 1,532 km (952 mi) and is the longest tributary of the Yangtze system.
The river gave its name to the ancient Chinese Han dynasty, which marked one of ancient China's first golden ages and through it, to the Han Chinese, the dominant ethnic group in modern China and the most populous ethnic group in the world.[1] It is also the namesake of the city of Hanzhong on its upper course.