Taizi River

The name Taizi literally means "crowned prince". During the late

The Taizi was formally the third-largest tributary of the Liao River. The river runs 413 kilometres (257 mi) and drains a basin of 13,900 square kilometres (5,400 sq mi). The Taizi River, like the Hun River running parallel north of it, flows through some of the most important agricultural and industrial regions of southern Liaoning, including the cities of Benxi, Anshan, and Liaoyang. Like its sister river, the Hun River, the Taizi River has numerous tributaries, including the two largest ones of which it is formed from the confluence.

The Taizi"s headwaters arise from hill regions between Benxi and Fushun, and contain the famous Benxi Water Caves. Like the Hun River, the Taizi River is no longer a tributary of the Liao River since the obliteration of the Wailiao River in 1958.