The origin of Jiulong River

Jiulong River, also known as Zhangzhou River, is the second largest river in Fujian Province after Minjiang River. The earliest name was "Jiang Liuying", because since the Six Dynasties, "the garrison was stationed in Longxi, with the river as the boundary and the willow as the camp".

Jiulong River joins the main stream Beixi and its tributaries Xixi and Nanxi, and flows into the Taiwan Province Strait on the other side of Xiamen Port through Zhangzhou. The downstream Zhangzhou Plain is one of the four major plains in Fujian Province. The upstream water flow is swift, and the downstream river channel is wide and stable, which is navigable. The Jiulong River trunk line has a total length of 258 kilometers and a flow of 446 cubic meters per second.

The range coordinates of Jiulong River Basin are116 47' ~118 02', 2413' ~ 25 5 51',and the basin area is/. The population of the river basin accounts for 17% of the total population of Fujian Province, and the total economic output accounts for about 26.7% of Fujian Province.