| Rao River | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location on Jiangxi. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Length: | 40km (30miles) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source1: | Mount Wulong (Chinese: 五龙山) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source1 Location: | Wuyuan County, Jiangxi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source2: | Dahong Ridge (Chinese: 大洪岭) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source2 Location: | Qimen County, Jiangxi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mouth: | Poyang Lake | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mouth Location: | Poyang County | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Basin Size: | 15000km2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Waterbodies: | Poyang Lake | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rao River, also known as Po River, Du River, Changgang River and Fan River, is a river in northeastern Jiangxi, China. It is 40km (30miles) long and drains an area of 15000km2. Rao River has two tributaries, the Chang River in the north and the Le'an River in the south. The two tributaries meet in Yaogong Ferry (Chinese: 姚公渡) in southeastern Poyang County to join Rao River.
On July 11, 2020, Rao River rose to an all-time high of 22.65m (74.31feet), crossing the danger mark and surpassing the previous record of 22.43m (73.59feet) set in 1998.[1] [2]