Qingjiang River

The Qingjiang (Chinese: 清江; pinyin: Qīngjiāng) is a right tributary of the Yangtze River[2][3] originating at Tenglong Cave near Lichuan City, Hubei, People's Republic of China. It is 423 kilometers long. Its drainage area is 17,000 km²,[4] occupying large portions of the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture and Yichang Prefecture-level City. The Qingjiang empties into the Yangtze at the ancient city of Yidu in the Yichang Prefetcure.[5]

The Qingjiang has three large dams on it, the Geheyan, Gaobazhou, and Shuibuya.[4] The Geheyan dam has a ship lift that can lift vessels of up to 300 tons displacement.

During the 1998 Yangtze flood the dam effectively held back the Qingjiang's flow.[2]

In May 2007 landslides into a reservoir on a tributary river caused significant property damage.[6]

References

  1. ^ Qing Jiang Bridge
  2. ^ a b , "More Dams Planned for Yangtze Despite Problems". Three Gorges Probe. 2000-06-19. Archived from the original on 2009-10-14. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.threegorgesprobe.org%2Fprobeint%2FThreeGorges%2Ftgp%2Ftgp19.html&date=2009-10-14. 
  3. ^ "China to Build New Hydropower Project on Qingjiang River". People's Daily. 2000-01-16. Archived from the original on 2009-10-14. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.people.com.cn%2Fenglish%2F200001%2F11%2Feng20000111Q110.html&date=2009-10-14. 
  4. ^ a b Yi Fan (2003-05). "Qingjiang River Developer". China Today. Archived from the original on 2009-10-14. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinatoday.com.cn%2FEnglish%2Fe20035%2Fp80.htm&date=2009-10-14. 
  5. ^ "Hubei’s Yichang –Pearl of the Three Gorges". China Today. 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-10-14. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinatoday.com.cn%2FEnglish%2Fe2005%2Fe200504%2Fp69.htm&date=2009-10-14. 
  6. ^ "Houses collapse after landslides". China Daily. 2007-05-14. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/14/content_871654.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-17. ""More than eight million cubic meters of mud and rock have slid. With the stored water in the reservoir rises to about 310 meters, we expected more than 26 million cubic meters of mud-rock flow in the next a few days." said Tian." 

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