Sha River

The third source, the Sha, flows from the south and southwest, arising on the eastern slopes of another section of the Wuyi range. The three streams, converging from the north, south, and west, meet at Nanping, their waters uniting to form the Min, which flows southeast past Fuzhou to…

…basin of the province, the Sha River (flowing from the southwest through Yong’an and Sanming) and the Jian River (flowing from the northern mountains along the Jiangxi-Zhejiang border). The river’s total length is about 360 miles (580 km), and the area of its drainage basin is about 21,600 square miles…