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Red River
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river in southwest China and northern Vietnam
The Red River is a major waterway that flows through southwest China and northern Vietnam, serving as an important geographical feature and border region between the two countries. It matters because it has historically shaped the culture, economy, and political relationships of the areas through which it passes.
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- Commons category
- Red River (Asia)
- mouth of the watercourse
- South China Sea
- origin of the watercourse
- Yunnan
- topic's main category
- Category:Hong River
- category for the water basin
- Category:Hong River Basin
- tributary
- Lô River
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- watershed area
- 158000
- discharge
- 900
- basin country
- Vietnam
- distributary
- Đuống River
- native label
- Sông Hồng
- different from
- Hong River
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Alternative Chinese name Chinese元江
Hong River in fog, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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