Yalu River
The Yalu River is a river straddling the Chinese regions of Heilongjiang and Hulunbuir near the eastern border with Russia. As a tributary of the Nen River, the Yalu starts on the eastern slopes of the Greater Khingan Range, and flows in the general south-eastern direction through Zalantun in Hulunbei'er and Qiqihar in Heilongjiang.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in People’s Republic of China
- Also known as: “Ya-lu Ho”, “Yalu He”, and “Yalukhe”
Yalu River
- Categories: river, watercourse, and body of water
- Location: China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.9533° or 46° 57′ 12″ north
Longitude
123.51537° or 123° 30′ 55″ east
Elevation
139 metres (456 feet)
Open location code
8QR5XG38+84
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Yalu River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yalu He”
- Cebuano: “Yalu River”
- Chinese: “雅鲁河”
- Irish: “Abhainn Yalu”
- Japanese: “雅魯河”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yalu”
- Norwegian: “Yalu”
- Swedish: “Yalu He”
- Swedish: “Yalu River”
- Welsh: “Afon Yalu”
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