Huifa River
river in the People's Republic of China
The Huifa River (Chinese: 辉发河; pinyin: Huīfā Hé) is a 267.7-km-long tributary of the Second Songhua River in center Northeast China. The source of river is located in Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County of Liaoning Province and flows generally from west to east across Meihekou、Huinan、Huadian of Jilin Province and joins Second Songhua River at Toudaogou of Huadian City.
History
Large numbers of dolmens are distributed along the Huifa River's upper reaches.
“Huifa River” enters the record as river in the People's Republic of China. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Huifa, River and river can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 29, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q1636131. Authority coordinates are 43.126, 126.964. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Huifa 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.