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Pages in category "Rivers of Beijing" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Chaobai River; H.
The list is organized according to the body of water into which each river empties, beginning with the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast, moving clockwise on a map and ending with the Arctic Ocean. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
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.
This string of lakes used to form the main riverbed of the Yongding River, which now flows 50–60 km (31–37 mi) to the west. But 1,800 years ago, the Yongding flowed through Jishuitan and downtown Beijing and then into Longtan Lake and on to Tongzhou. [6] A major flood in 295 A.D. devastated part of Beijing, then known as Ji.
Map of Central America. The water in rivers in Central America flows to either the Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean. The Río Coco, locally known as the Wanks, runs along the border with Honduras and is the longest river flowing totally within Central America. The second longest river in Central America is the Patuca River. [7] [8]
Pages in category "Rivers of China" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of rivers of China; A.
Kunming Reservoir, which is fed from the Chaobai River and provides drinking water for Beijing. Small to medium-sized rivers provide the remaining water resources for Beijing municipality in the amount of 1 billion cubic meter per year during the 1980s and 1990, down from about 2 billion cubic meter per year during the 1960s and 1970s for all ...
The Yongding River is 650 kilometers (400 mi) in length and drains an area of 47,016 square kilometers (18,153 sq mi). It emerges from the Guancen Mountains (管涔山) in Ningwu County, Shanxi Province, where it is known as the Sanggan River (桑干河) and flows northeast into Inner Mongolia and then heads southeast into Hebei Province.