shuǐ

technical
common

Meaning of 水系

水系 means river system; drainage system; the complete network of a main river and its tributaries within a river basin. Pronounced shuǐ xì.

  • river system; drainage system; the complete network of a main river and its tributaries within a river basin

Definitions & Examples

Cháng
Jiāng
shuǐ
shì
Zhōng
guó
zuì
de
shuǐ
 

The Yangtze River system is the largest river system in China.

Jiā
líng
Jiāng
 
Hàn
Shuǐ
 
Xiāng
Jiāng
dōu
shì
Cháng
Jiāng
shuǐ
de
zhòng
yào
zhī
liú
 

The Jialing, Han, and Xiang rivers are all important tributaries of the Yangtze River system.

shàng
men
xué
le
shì
jiè
zhǔ
yào
shuǐ
de
fēn
 

In geography class, we studied the distribution of the world's major river systems.

Huáng
shuǐ
liú
jīng
jiǔ
shěng
fèn
 

The Yellow River system flows through nine provinces.

Measure Words

/
Primary