Editing Nanjing (section)

===Water===
[[File:Aerial panorama of Nanjing South and the Qinhuai River. December 2023.jpg|thumb|Aerial panorama of Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River. December 2023.]]
Nanjing is located at the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River runs diagonally across the city from southwest to northeast. It is about 93 kilometers long and more than 300 kilometers away from the sea entrance. The Qinhuai River rushes from south to north, passes through the main urban area, and joins the Yangtze River. It is known as the mother river of Nanjing. Xuanwu Lake and Mochou Lake are like two pearls embedded in the main city. The water area of the city now accounts for about 11%. The river and lake water system mainly belongs to the Yangtze River system, and only the rivers that flow into Gaoyou Lake and Baoying Lake in the northern part of Liuhe District belong to the Huai River system. The Yangtze River system includes the Qinhuai River system in the south of the Yangtze River, the Chuhe River system in the north of the Yangtze River, the riverside system formed by small rivers that flow into the river on both sides of the river, the two lakes system composed of Shijiu Lake and Gucheng Lake, and the West Taihu Lake system in the east of Gaochun. The groundwater resources are abundant and the water quality is excellent, and the Pukou Pearl Spring is particularly famous. Jiangning Tangshan and Pukou Tangquan are hot spring areas with a long history.

The [[Port of Nanjing]] is the largest inland port in China, with annual cargo tonnage reached 191,970,000&nbsp;t in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=zh:2012全国货物、集装箱、旅客吞吐量统计 |url=http://www.chinaports.com/monthlythruput/2012-12/query |website=www.chinaports.com |publisher=南京港(集团)有限公司 |access-date=June 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630154637/http://www.chinaports.com/monthlythruput/2012-12/query |archive-date=June 30, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The port area is {{cvt|98|km|mi|sp=us}} in length and has 64 berths including 16 berths for ships with a tonnage of more than 10,000.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=zh:集团简介 |url=http://www.njp.com.cn/about.aspx?id=3 |website=njp.com.cn |publisher=Nanjing Port Group (Co.), Ltd. |access-date=June 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616031218/http://www.njp.com.cn/about.aspx?id=3 |archive-date=June 16, 2014 }}</ref> Nanjing is also the biggest container port along the Yangtze River; in March 2004, the one million container-capacity base, Longtan Containers Port Area opened, further consolidating Nanjing as the leading port in the region. {{As of|2010}}, it operated six public ports and three industrial ports.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.chinaports.org/info/201011/000127.html |title=The Brief Introduction of Nanjing Port |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423053303/http://english.chinaports.org/info/201011/000127.html |archive-date=April 23, 2014}}</ref> The Yangtze River's 12.5-meter-deep waterway enables 50,000-ton-class ocean ships directly arrive at the Nanjing Port, and the ocean ships with the capacities of 100,000 tons or above can also reach the port after load reduction in the Yangtze River's high-tide period.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.investnanjing.gov.cn/28892/201507/t20150709_3446984.shtml |title=Yangtze-River Deep Waterway |access-date=October 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510091453/http://en.investnanjing.gov.cn/28892/201507/t20150709_3446984.shtml |archive-date=May 10, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[CSC Jinling]] has a large shipyard.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://sbico.sinotrans-csc.com/col/col831/index.html |script-title=zh:中外运长航集团船舶重工总公司 Jinling Shipyard |website=sbico.sinotrans-csc.com |access-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730141653/http://sbico.sinotrans-csc.com/col/col831/index.html |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>