| Tô Lịch River Sông Tô Lịch |
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Tô Lịch River through Cầu Giấy District, Hanoi |
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| Origin | Red River |
| Mouth | Nhuệ River |
| Basin countries | Vietnam |
| Location | Hanoi |
| Length | approx. 14 km (8.7 mi) |
| Source elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Mouth elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Avg. discharge | 30 |
| Basin area | 78 km2 (30 sq mi) |
| River system | Tô Lịch River System |
| Left tributaries | Kim Ngưu, Lừ |
| Right tributaries | West Lake |
To Lich River (Vietnamese: Sông Tô Lịch) is a small river, flowing in the territory of the Hanoi capital. Mainstream Tô Lịch river flows through the districts: Cầu Giấy, Thanh Xuân, Hoàng Mai and Thanh Trì. It is also known as Kim Giang.
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Name Tô Lịch River is derived from the name of a god was living in Jin dominated the Jiaozhi (Vietnamese: Giao Chỉ). In the Tang, here is the position of Imperial Citadel of Thang Long building.
Tô Lịch river have ever a distributary of the Red River, bringing water from upstream of the Red River to the middle of Nhuệ River. Towards the middle, it met West Lake (a remnant of the old Red River, located near Quán Thánh) and water from this lake was provided from there to the downstream. Đại nam nhất thống chí book (composed between the 19th century) wrote:
Current Tô Lịch River begins in Nghĩa Đô ward, Cầu Giấy district (south of the Hoàng Quốc Việt road), running the same direction as the Bưởi, Láng and Kim Giang road to the south, southwest and then turns to the southeast and flows to Nhuệ River (opposite the village of Hữu Từ, Vĩnh Quỳnh, Thanh Tri).
After the flood history in early November 2008, people in Hanoi have seen Tô Lịch river's water "clean" as the old.[1] Meanwhile, Tô Lịch river was diluted down the mud and waste by rainwater, rising yards, rolling flow and the fishs were swimming! That flood did the Tô Lịch river's water cleaned in a few weeks.[2]
In 2009, Hanoi had a scheme: use the Red River's water to wash Tô Lịch river's water. This project is regarded as "sub-scheme" first made the handling of three environmental issues most pressing in the area.[1][3]