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| Suzhou Creek Wusong River (吴淞江) | |
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 Suzhou Creek from Waibaidu Bridge | |
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| Etymology | Suzhou and Wusong |
| Native name | 苏州河 |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Province-level divisions | Jiangsu, Shanghai |
| City | Suzhou, Shanghai |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake Tai |
| • location | Suzhou, Jiangsu |
| • coordinates | 31°5′35″N 120°35′9″E / 31.09306°N 120.58583°E |
| Mouth | Huangpu River |
• location | Shanghai |
• coordinates | 31°14′41″N 121°29′13″E / 31.24472°N 121.48694°E |
| Length | 125 km (78 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Huangpu River |
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| Traditional Chinese | 蘇州河 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 苏州河 | ||||||||||||
| Postal | Soochow River | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Suzhou River | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳淞江 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴淞江 | ||||||||||||
| Postal | Woosung River | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Wusong River | ||||||||||||
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Suzhou Creek (or Soochow Creek), also called the Wusong (Woosung) River, is a river that passes through the Shanghai city center. It is named after the neighboring city of Suzhou (Soochow), Jiangsu, the predominant settlement in this area prior to the rise of Shanghai as a metropolis.[citation needed]
One of the principal outlets of Lake Tai in Wujiang District of Suzhou, Suzhou Creek is 125 km (78 mi) long, of which 54 km are within the administrative region of Shanghai and 24 km within the city's highly urbanized parts. It flows into the Huangpu River at the northern end of the Bund in Huangpu District.