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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)) v
Tuanjie Lake: Qinghai: 6 Saline Ulungur Lake: Xinjiang: 827 Saline West Lake: Zhejiang: 5.6 Fresh West Dabusun Lake (Xidabuxun) Qinghai: 0–30 Saline Wu Lake: Hubei: 21.2 Fresh Xiaobiele Lake: Qinghai: 6.3 Saline Xiezuo Lake: Qinghai: 17 Saline Xiliang Lake: Hubei: 85.2 Fresh Xingkai Lake: Heilongjiang and Russia (Amur Oblast) 4070 Fresh Ya'er ...
Over the centuries, jianghu gained greater acceptance among the common people and gradually became a term for a sub-society parallel to, and sometimes orthogonal to, mainstream society. This sub-society initially included merchants, craftsmen, beggars and vagabonds, but over time it assimilated bandits, outlaws and gangs who lived "outside the ...
Its course is today divided into seven sections. From south to north these are the Jiangnan Canal, the Li Canal, the Inner Canal, the Middle Canal, the Lu Canal, the South Canal, the North Canal, and the Tonghui River. Man-Made Lake Lianhu. Training Lake "Lianhu" was used to feed water to the Grand Canal section near Jiangnan.
The Two Rivers and Four Lakes refer to the Li River, Taohua River, Rong Lake, Shan Lake, Gui Lake, and Mulong Lake, which together form the urban water system of Guilin and now serve as tourist attractions. [12] Historically, these rivers and lakes were not interconnected, and some, such as those around Gui Lake, were severely silted.
Golf in China is a growing industry, with numerous golf courses being established, especially in the province of Hainan. In 2011, there were around 358,000 core players (aged over 18 and play more than 8 rounds a year) among the Chinese population, with a growth rate of 7.5%, [ 1 ] and that figure was projected to grow to about 20 million by ...
The Five Lakes or Wu Hu (Chinese: 五湖; pinyin: wǔhú), is a Chinese historical and geographical concept that has been used to describe various lakes in China. The Five Lakes most commonly refer to are five freshwater lakes in eastern and central China: Lake Tai in Jiangsu and Zhejiang , Hongze Lake in Jiangsu, Lake Chao in Anhui , Poyang ...
The name Blue River began to be applied in the 18th century, [22] apparently owing to a former name of the Dam Chu [28] or Min [30] and to analogy with the Yellow River, [31] [32] but it was frequently explained in early English references as a 'translation' of Jiang, [33] [34] Jiangkou, [24] or Yangzijiang. [35]