Hongshui River
Location
Country	China
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Nanpan River
2nd source
• location	Beipan River
Mouth
• location	Qian River nearLaibin
Length	669.6 km (416.1 mi)
Basin size	141,674 km2 (54,701 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	2,049 m3/s (72,400 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Meng, Caodu, Qingshui, Diao
• right	Buliu

TheHongshui River is a major river in theGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in SouthernChina. It is one of the main rivers in the basin of theXi River, which in its turn is one of the main tributaries of thePearl River. Because it flows through the red rock series area, the river is reddish brown, hence the nameHongshui River (lit. 'red water river').

Conventionally, the Hongshui River is formed by the merging of theBeipan andNanpan Rivers (Beipanjiang and Nanpanjiang, i.e., the Northern and Southern Pan Rivers) at theGuizhou-Guangxi border. From there, it flows in the general southeastern direction. InLaibin Prefecture in central Guangxi the Hongshui merges with theLiu River that comes from the north, forming theQian River, which continues to the east toward, eventually, theXi River.

The Hongshui has 10 large dams on it, that provide electric power andflood control.^[2]

According to theBeijing Review the Hongshui River had 300 shoals that interfered with navigating the river with cargo vessels.^[3]Several of the dams are equipped withship lifts capable of lifting vessels of 300 tons displacement.

23°47′56″N109°31′54″E / 23.79889°N 109.53167°E /23.79889; 109.53167

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