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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in China
- Also known as: “Daliao He”, “Liao-whang-ho”, “Ta-liao Ho”, and “大辽河”
- Historically known as: “Liau River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yingkou.
Yingkou
Photo: Matthew Summerton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yingkou is a coastal prefecture-level city of central southern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, on the northeastern shore of Liaodong Bay.
Liao River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Liaoning, Northeast China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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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: “Liâu-hô”
- Chinese: “双台子河”
- Chinese: “巨流河”
- Chinese: “辽河”
- Chinese: “遼水”
- 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 He”
- French: “Liáo Hé”
- French: “Liao”
- French: “辽河”
- French: “遼河”
- Galician: “río Liao”
- Galician: “Río Liao”
- Georgian: “ლიაოხე”
- German: “Liao He”
- German: “Liao-Fluss”
- German: “Liauho”
- Hebrew: “ליאו (נהר)”
- Hebrew: “ליאו”
- Hindi: “लियाओ नदी”
- Irish: “Abhainn Liao”
- Italian: “Liao”
- Japanese: “遼水”
- Japanese: “遼河”
- Kirghiz: “Ляохэ дарыясы”
- Korean: “랴오 하”
- Korean: “랴오허 강”
- Korean: “랴오허”
- Korean: “랴오허강”
- Korean: “요하 유역”
- Korean: “요하”
- Korean: “요하유역”
- Latin: “Leao”
- Latvian: “Liaohe”
- Literary Chinese: “遼河”
- Lithuanian: “Liao”
- Lithuanian: “Liaohė”
- Lithuanian: “Ljaohė”
- Macedonian: “Љао”
- Malayalam: “ലയോ നദി”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Liâu-hô”
- Mongolian: “Лууха гол”
- Mongolian: “Лууха”
- Nauru: “Liao”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Liao He”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Liao Ho”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Liao He”
- Norwegian: “Liao He”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Liao”
- Persian: “رود لیائو”
- Polish: “Liao He”
- Polish: “Liao-ho”
- Portuguese: “Rio Liao”
- Russian: “Ляохэ”
- Russian: “Шуантайцзыхэ”
- Serbian: “Reka Ljao”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Liao”
- South Azerbaijani: “لیائو چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Liao”
- Spanish: “Río Liao”
- Swahili: “Mto Liao”
- Swedish: “Liao He”
- 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”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Liêu Hà”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Liêu”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Liao”
- Welsh: “Afon Liao”
- Wu Chinese: “辽东”
- Wu Chinese: “辽河”
- Yue Chinese: “遼河”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Liaobinshuichan and Liaobin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Panjin Gang and Yingkou.
Liaoning: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Dalian, Shenyang, Fushun, and Anshan.
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