Dongyu River

Dongyu River
Location
CountryChina[1]
ProvinceShandong[2]
Physical characteristics
MouthZhaoyang Lake
 • coordinates
35°00′43″N 116°45′04″E / 35.012°N 116.751°E / 35.012; 116.751
Length172.1 kilometres[3]
Dongyu River
Simplified Chinese东鱼河[4]
Traditional Chinese東魚河
Hanyu PinyinDōng yú hé

The Dongyu River[5] (Chinese: 东鱼河[6]), formerly known as the Hongwei River (红卫河),[7] is a river in the Shandong Province of the People's Republic of China, is the largest artificial river in southwestern Shandong,[8] with a length of 172.1 kilometres[9] a basin area of 5,923 square kilometers.[10]

Dongyu River stretches from Dongming County of Heze City in the west, reaches Yutai County of Jining City in the east, and enters Zhaoyang Lake (昭阳湖).[11]

Dongyu River was excavated during the Cultural Revolution of the PRC,[12] and was called the Hongwei River at that time. In October 1985, "Hongwei River" was renamed "Dongyu River".[13]

References

  1. ↑ Xiangcan Jin (1995). Lakes in China: Research of Their Environment. China Ocean Press. ISBN 978-7-5027-4100-6.
  2. ↑ Chinese Water Name Dictionary. Harbin Map Publishing House. 1995.
  3. ↑ Geography of Shandong Province. Shandong Education Publishing House. 1987.
  4. ↑ "南四湖支流东鱼河水质现状及健康风险评价". CNKI. 2017-08-01.
  5. ↑ "E-380 VOL.2 Consolidated Environment Assessment for the Huai River Water Pollution Control Project". World Bank. 13 August 2000.
  6. ↑ "国务院关于印发"十三五"生态环境保护规划的通知" (PDF). Ministry of Ecology and Environment. 2017-06-05.
  7. ↑ "济宁矿业集团有限公司霄云煤矿矿山地质环境保护与土地复垦方案" (PDF). Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China. 2019-06-25.
  8. ↑ Encyclopedia of China, Volume 18, Part 2. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. pp. 84-.
  9. ↑ The Place Name Dictionary of the People's Republic of China: Shandong Province, Volume 12. Commercial Press. 1994. pp. 523-. ISBN 978-7-100-01563-9.
  10. ↑ Jining City History. Zhonghua Book Company. 2002. pp. 434-. ISBN 978-7-101-03652-7.
  11. ↑ Xu Fulin (1993). River defense Written Talk. Henan People's Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-215-02177-8.
  12. ↑ Memorabilia of CPC single county party history, 1949-1999. Shandong People's Publishing House. 2000. pp. 132-.
  13. ↑ Heze Regional History. Qilu Publishing House. 1998. pp. 540-.
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