Liao River
The Liao River is the principal river in southern Northeast China, and one of the seven main river systems in China. Its name is derived from the Liao region, a historical name for southern Manchuria, from which the Liaoning province, Liaodong Peninsula, and Liao dynasty also derive their names.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in China
- Also known as: “Daliao He”, “Liáo Hé”, “Liao Ho”, “Liao-Fluss”, “Liao-ho”, “Liao-whang-ho”, “Liauho”, “Ljaohė”, “Sông Liêu”, “Sông Liêu Hà”, “Ta-liao Ho”, “Шуантайцзыхэ”, “ליאו (נהר)”, “랴오 하”, “랴오허 강”, “랴오허강”, “요하”, “요하 유역”, “요하유역”, “双台子河”, “大辽河”, “巨流河”, and “遼水”
- Historically known as: “Liau River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yingkou.
Liao River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Liaoning, Northeast China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.68407° or 40° 41′ 3″ north
Longitude
122.14896° or 122° 8′ 56″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
8QG4M4MX+JH
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Liao River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Liao”
- Arabic: “نهر لياو”
- Armenian: “Լյաոհե”
- Asturian: “Ríu Liao”
- Bashkir: “Ляохэ”
- Basque: “Liao”
- Belarusian: “Ляахэ”
- Belarusian: “Ляо-Хэ”
- Bengali: “লিয়াও নদী”
- Bosnian: “Liao (rijeka)”
- Bosnian: “Liao”
- Breton: “Liao”
- Bulgarian: “Ляохъ”
- Catalan: “riu Liao”
- Catalan: “Riu Liao”
- Cebuano: “Liao He”
- Chinese: “辽河”
- Chinese: “遼河”
- Chuvash: “Ляохэ”
- Croatian: “Liao”
- Czech: “Liao-che”
- Danish: “Liao He”
- Dutch: “Liao River”
- Dutch: “Liao”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر لياو”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Liao”
- Fiji Hindi: “Liao Naddi”
- Finnish: “Liaojoki”
- French: “Liao”
- Galician: “río Liao”
- Galician: “Río Liao”
- Georgian: “ლიაოხე”
- German: “Liao He”
- Hebrew: “ליאו”
- Hindi: “लियाओ नदी”
- Irish: “Abhainn Liao”
- Italian: “Liao”
- Japanese: “遼河”
- Kirghiz: “Ляохэ дарыясы”
- Korean: “랴오허”
- Latin: “Leao”
- Latvian: “Liaohe”
- Literary Chinese: “遼河”
- Lithuanian: “Liaohė”
- Macedonian: “Љао”
- Malayalam: “ലയോ നദി”
- Manchu: “ᡳᠯᠶᠣᠣᡥᠠ ᠪᡳᡵᠠ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Liâu-hô”
- Mongolian: “Лууха гол”
- Mongolian: “Лууха”
- Nauru: “Liao”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Liao He”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Liao He”
- Norwegian: “Liao He”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Liao”
- Persian: “رود لیائو”
- Polish: “Liao He”
- Portuguese: “Rio Liao”
- Russian: “Ляохэ”
- Serbian: “Ljao”
- Serbian: “Reka Ljao”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Liao”
- South Azerbaijani: “لیائو چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Liao”
- Swahili: “Mto Liao”
- Swedish: “Liaofloden”
- Swedish: “Liaohe”
- Tajik: “Darjoi Liao”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Лиао”
- Tajik: “Лиао”
- Tamil: “லியாவோ ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเหลียว”
- Turkish: “Liao Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Ляохе”
- Uzbek: “Liao daryosi”
- Venetian: “Fiume Liao”
- Vietnamese: “Liêu Hà”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Liao”
- Welsh: “Afon Liao”
- Wu Chinese: “辽东”
- Wu Chinese: “辽河”
- Yue Chinese: “遼河”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Liaobinshuichan and Rongbin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Panjin Gang and Yingkou.
Liaoning: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Dalian and Shenyang.
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