Definition of Kan river

1. Noun. A river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang to the north of Nanchang.

Exact synonyms: Gan Jiang
Group relationships: Cathay, China, Communist China, Mainland China, People's Republic Of China, Prc, Red China
Generic synonyms: River

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kan River

Kamia
Kamilarai
Kamilaroi
Kammon Strait Bridge
Kammryn
Kampala
Kampong
Kampuchea
Kampuchean
Kampucheans
Kamryn
Kamtschadale
Kamtschadales
Kan
Kan.
Kan River
Kanagawa
Kanak
Kanaks
Kananga
Kanara
Kanarese
Kanawha
Kanawha River
Kanazawa
Kanchanjanga
Kanchenjunga
Kandahar
Kandinskian
Kandinsky

Literary usage of Kan river

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report of the China Inland Mission by China Inland Mission (1906)
"The kan river in the west and south-west. 2. ... I. THE kan river DISTRICT NORTH, WEST, AXD SOUTH KIANG-SI ..."

2. The Provinces of China: Together with a History of the First Year of H.I.M by Clarence Dalrymple Bruce (1910)
"Of the chief waterway Little writes, "The main artery of the province is the Kan river which, rising on the southern border in the neighourhood of the ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... on the kan river, a tributary of the Yenisei, and on the Siberian highway. Pop. (1897), 7504. It is the chief town of a district in which gold is found, ..."

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