Le'an River

Le'an River
File:201612 Overview of Leping.jpg Le'an River in December 2016.
Physical characteristics
Source	Mount Wulong (五龙山)
• location	Wuyuan County, Jiangxi
Mouth	Yaogong Ferry (姚公渡)
• location	Poyang County
Length	279 km (173 mi)
Basin size	8,456 km2 (3,265 sq mi)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	樂安江
Simplified Chinese	乐安江
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lè'ān Jiāng
Daxishui
Chinese	大溪水
Literal meaning	Great Stream
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dàxīshuǐ

Le'an River (Chinese: 乐安江; pinyin: Lè'ān Jiāng), also known as Daxishui (大溪水; Dàxīshuǐ), is a tributary of the Po River in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi, China. It is 279 kilometres (173 mi) long and drains an area of 8,456 square kilometres (3,265 sq mi). The river rises in Mount Wulong (五龙山) just northeastern Wuyuan County, and flows generally north through Dexing, Leping, and Wannian County to Yaogong Ferry (姚公渡) in Poyang County, where it flows into the Rao River. Its main tributaries are Fanxi Stream (番溪水), Anyin Stream (安殷河), Chaxi Stream (槎溪河) and Jianjie Stream (建节水). Le'an River is one of the five longest rivers in Jiangxi.