The Qing River ( Chinese : 清江 ; pinyin : Qīng Jiāng ; lit. 'Pure River') is a right (southern) tributary of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in Hubei province of south-central China .
4-653: Qingjiang may refer to: Qing River , a tributary of the Yangtze in Hubei, China Huai'an , formerly Qingjiang, Jiangsu, China Zhangshu , formerly Qingjiang County, Jiangxi, China Qingjiang, Zixing (清江镇), a town of Zixing , Hunan Qingjiang biota , a Burgess Shale type preservation in China [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
8-628: Is 423 kilometres (263 mi) long. Its drainage area is 17,000 square kilometres (4,200,000 acres) 17,000 km², occupying large portions of the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture and Yichang Prefecture-level city . The Qing River (Qing Jiang) confluence with the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) is at the ancient city of Yidu in the Yichang Prefecture of Hubei. The Qing River has three large dams on it:
12-688: The Geheyan Dam , Gaobazhou Dam , and Shuibuya Dam . The Geheyan Dam has a ship lift that can lift vessels of up to 300 tons displacement, to allow water transport upriver from the dam. During the 1998 Yangtze River floods the dam effectively held back the Qing River (Qing Jiang) flow. There is also the Dongping Dam on the Zhongjiang River ( 忠建河 ), the main right tributary of the Qing River. In May 2007 landslides into
16-586: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qingjiang&oldid=933182347 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Qing River The Qing River Headwaters originate at Tenglong Cave (Teng Long Dong) near Lichuan City , in Hubei's southwestern corner. The river
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