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Red River (Asia) - Wikipedia. Coordinates: 20°14′43″N 106°35′20″E. Hong River in fog, Hanoi, Vietnam. The reddish-brown heavily silt-laden water gives the river its name. View from bridge in Hanoi, Vietnam. Sunset over Hong River, view from Long Bien Bridge, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Red River, principal river of northern Vietnam. It rises in central Yunnan province, southwestern China, and flows southeast in a deep, narrow gorge, across the Tonkin region, through Hanoi, to enter the Gulf of Tonkin after a course of 750 miles (1,200 km). Its two major tributaries, the Song Lo.
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Spanning some 150 km in width, the Red River Delta is located in the western coastal zone of the Gulf of Tonkin. The Red River is the second largest river in Vietnam and one of the five largest rivers on the East Asia coast.
Jan 15, 2017 · The Red River rises in China's Yunnan Province, then through Vietnam, past Hanoi, and into the Red River Delta, a huge area of some 7,000 square kilometers that extends 150 km inland and 80 km along the coast.
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The Red River, also known as the Hong River and Sông Cái in Vietnamese, and the Yuan River in Chinese, is a 1,149-kilometer (714 mi)-long river that flows from Yunnan in Southwest China through northern Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin.
Red River, Chinese Yuan Chiang, Vietnamese Song Hong, chief river of N Vietnam, 730 mi (1,175 km) long, rising in Yunnan prov., S China, and flowing southeast, in deep, narrow gorges, through N Vietnam to form a great delta before entering the Gulf of Tonkin.
Jun 27, 2024 · With the treacherous Gulf of Tongking (also spelled Tonkin) at front and the unpredictable Red River at the back, water is constantly present in all scholarship – history, culture, agriculture, and folklores of the Red River delta. Yet at the same time, it is a subject with an ambiguous role.
