[1] It is the largest river in Fujian, and an important water transport channel.

Fuzhou's suburb Changle is on the other side of the river, even closer to its fall into the Taiwan Strait; the location historically made it an important port.

The traditional source of the Min River is in the far northwest of the basin, hence in China the highest reach is called the Beixi Brook.

The Shuiqian is the furthest geographic source, and the Shuiqian-Shaxi-Min is 580 km long.

A different river, the Jinxi, is larger than the Beixi-Futun at the point where the two meet, and consequently is connected to the hydrological source.