RED RIVER


Meaning of RED RIVER in English

Chinese Yuan Chiang Vietnamese Song Hong

River, Southeast Asia.

It rises in central Yunnan province, southern China, and flows southeast across northern Vietnam, past Hanoi , into the Gulf of Tonkin . The principal river of northern Vietnam, it is about 500 mi (805 km) long and has a wide, fertile delta east of Hanoi.

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