Xihan River
river in People's Republic of China
The Xihan or Western Han River (Chinese: traditional: 西漢水, simplified 西汉水; Xīhànshuǐ) is a northern tributary of the Jialing River, itself a tributary of the Yangtze in Sichuan. Within China, it is also known as the "Rhinoceros River" (犀牛江, Xīniújiāng).
The "Western" in its name distinguishes this river from the Han River, today known in Chinese as the Hanjiang (漢江) but historically known as the Hanshui (漢水).
“Xihan River” enters the record as river in People's Republic of China. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Xihan, River and river can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Xihan River” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Xihan, River and river provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15299103. Authority coordinates are 34.317, 105.583. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Xihan River” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.