Wusong River - Goshoko

A tributary of the Huangpu River, which flows from the southeastern part of Jiangsu Province to the western part of Shanghai, China. It is 125 kilometers long. It originates at the Guajingkou of Taihu Lake, flows east through the northern part of Wujiang County, enters Shanghai, where it is called the Suzhou River, and flows into the Huangpu River at the Waibaidu Bridge. It is the main drainage channel for the Taihu Lake basin, and also serves as an inland waterway connecting the eastern shore of the lake with Shanghai, and is one of the main east-west transportation routes in the Yangtze River Delta.

[Kazuo Hayashi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、江蘇(こうそ／チヤンスー)省南東部から上海(シャンハイ)西部を流れる黄浦江(こうほこう／ホワンプーチヤン)の支流。全長125キロメートル。太湖(たいこ／タイフー)の瓜涇口(かけいこう)に発し、呉江県北部を東に流れ、上海に入り蘇州河(そしゅうが／スーチョウホー)とよばれ、外白渡(がいはくと)橋に至り黄浦江に注ぐ。太湖流域の主排水路であり、また内陸水路として太湖東岸と上海とを結び、長江三角州の東西幹線交通路の一つでもある。

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