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"China River Basins". WorldMap. Harvard University. Interactive map with China's river basins, showing river names in Chinese. Table of rivers in China with Chinese names and useful data (dead link 01:15, 4 March 2013 (UTC))
The Chi River (Chinese: 池河; pinyin: Chí Hé) is a Chinese river that is a tributary to the Hanshui, or Han River, which ultimately flows into the Yangtze. Its total length is 114 kilometres (71 mi) and drains an area of 1,033 square kilometres (399 sq mi).
A left tributary of the Yangtze, the longest river in Asia, it has a length of 1,532 km (952 mi) and is the longest tributary of the Yangtze system. The river gave its name to the ancient Chinese Han dynasty , which marked one of ancient China's first golden ages and through it, to the Han Chinese , the dominant ethnic group in modern China and ...
This isn't always what the water looked like. Residents in eastern China say the water looked normal around 4 o'clock on Friday morning. Then two hours later, the river suddenly turned blood-red.
Wenyu river basin. The Wenyu River (Chinese: 温榆河; lit. 'hot springs and elm trees') is a major river in the suburbs of Beijing, belonging to the Hai River basin. It originates from Badaling in the northwest of Beijing and is formed by the confluence of the Dongsha, Beisha, and Nansha rivers, eventually joining the Tonghui River in Tongzhou, to the east of Beijing.
西汉水, Xīhànshuǐ) is a northern tributary of the Jialing River, itself a tributary of the Yangtze. Within China, it is also known as the " Rhinoceros River " ( 犀牛江 , Xīniújiāng ). The "Western" in its name distinguishes this river from the Han River , today known in Chinese as the Hanjiang ( 漢江 ) but historically known as ...
Heavy rainfall pounded parts of central China's Hunan province earlier this week, causing the Miluo River in Pingjiang county to swell to its highest level in 70 years.
Water rushed into the space that had fallen away, forming a small river. The royal couple lives near the home of Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres, who filmed the intense flooding in Montecito ...