Proper noun
A roughly defined area of China always including the lands south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and northern Zhejiang, sometimes inclusive of its cultural sphere north of the river and sometimes extending south as far as Guangdong.
(historical) A province of Qing-era China, now divided into Jiangsu and Anhui.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgBeset by factional conflicts, his regime could not offer effective resistance to Qing forces, when the Qing army, led by the Manchu prince Dodo approached Jiangnan the next spring. Source: Internet
Jiangnan Canal The Jiangnan Canal This southernmost section of the canal runs from Hangzhou in Zhejiang, where the canal connects with the Qiantang River, to Zhenjiang in Jiangsu, where it meets the Yangtze. Source: Internet
The only other viable contender with Suzhou in the Jiangnan region was Hangzhou, but it was located convert further down the Grand Canal and away from the main delta. Source: Internet
From south to north these are the Jiangnan Canal, the Li Canal, the Zhong Canal, the Lu Canal, the South Canal, the North Canal, and the Tonghui River. Source: Internet
The region is also known as Dongnan (東南, South East, the Southeast) and Jiangnan (江南, River South, south of Yangtze). Source: Internet
The water level in the Jiangnan Canal remains scarcely above sea level (the Zhenjiang ridge is 12 meters higher than the Yangzi River). Source: Internet