Taping River
| Taping Ta Hkaw Hka / Daying | |
|---|---|
Taping River at Yingjiang County, China | |
| Location | |
| Country | Burma |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | China |
| Mouth | |
• location | Ayeyarwady River |
• coordinates | 24°17′35″N 97°13′12″E / 24.29306°N 97.22000°E |
• elevation | 103 m (338 ft) |
| Length | 117 km (73 mi) |
| Basin size | 7,053.2 km2 (2,723.3 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | 373.7 m3/s (13,200 cu ft/s) |
The Taping River (Chinese: 太平江; pinyin: Tàipíng Jiāng), known as Ta Hkaw Hka in Kachin and Daying River (Chinese: 大盈江; pinyin: Dàyíng Jiāng; Wade–Giles: Ta-ying Chiang) in Chinese, is a river in Yunnan province, China and northern Myanmar (Burma). It is the first tributary of the country's chief river, the Irrawaddy, and the watersheds between it and the N'mai Hka river to the northwest and the rivers Shweli and Salween to the southeast form part of the boundary between China and Myanmar. Its source lies in Yingjiang County of Yunnan, and it enters the Irrawaddy near Bhamo, Kachin State.