| Gan River | |
| Map: | Ganrivermap.png |
| Mouth Location: | Lake Poyang |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jiangxi |
| Length: | 599km (372miles) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 2865m3/s |
| Basin Size: | 103074km2 |
| Tributaries Left: | Gong River, Zhang River |
| Tributaries Right: | Mei River |
The Gan River (Gan: Kōm-kong) runs north through the western part of Jiangxi before flowing into Lake Poyang and thus the Yangtze River. The Xiang-Gan uplands separate it from the Xiang River of neighboring eastern Hunan.[1]
Two similarly sized rivers, the Gong River which is the southern tributary and the Mei River from the north combine in Yudu County, Jiangxi, to form the Gan. The Gan River flows 527km (327miles) before splitting into distributaries just north of Nanchang. The longest of these, the North Branch, is several times longer than the other distributaries at 72km (45miles). The Gan River is the major geographical feature of Jiangxi, and gives its name to the Gan variety of Chinese[2] as well as the province's one-character abbreviation.[3] The river feeds into Lake Poyang, which in turns connects with the Yangtze.[4]