Miluo River
The Miluo River is located on the eastern bank of Dongting Lake, the largest tributary of the Xiang River in the northern Hunan Province. It is an important river in the Dongting Lake watershed, known as the location of the ritual suicide in 278 BC of Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu state during the Warring States period, in protest against the corruption of the era.
- Stream
- Description: river in People’s Republic of China
- Also known as“Ku Shui”“Mi Chiang”“Mi Shui”“Mi-lo Chiang”“Mi-lo Shui”“Miluo Jiang”“Po Shui”
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Latitude
29.00127° or 29° 0′ 5″ north
Longitude
112.95324° or 112° 57′ 12″ east
Open location code
7PXJ2X23+G7
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Miluo River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Miluo Jiang”
- Bashkir: “Мило йылғаһы”
- Cebuano: “Miluo Jiang”
- Chinese: “汨罗江”
- Czech: “Mi-luo-ťiang”
- Danish: “Miluo Jiang”
- Dutch: “Miluo Jiang”
- Dutch: “Miluo River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميلو چيانج”
- French: “Miluo (rivière)”
- French: “Miluo Jiang”
- French: “Miluo”
- Galician: “Río Miluo”
- German: “Miluo Jiang”
- Hindi: “मिलुओ नदी”
- Italian: “Miluo”
- Japanese: “汨羅”
- Japanese: “汨羅江”
- Korean: “미뤄강”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Miluo (elv)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Miluo Jiang”
- Norwegian: “Miluo Jiang”
- Russian: “река Мило”
- Spanish: “Río Miluo”
- Swedish: “Miluo Jiang”
- Wu Chinese: “汨罗江”
- Yue Chinese: “汨羅江”
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