TheQing River (Chinese:清江;pinyin:Qīng Jiāng;lit. 'Pure River') is a right (southern) tributary of theYangtze River (Chang Jiang) inHubei province of south-centralChina.[1][2]
The Qing RiverHeadwaters originate atTenglong Cave (Teng Long Dong) nearLichuan City, in Hubei's southwestern corner. The river is 423 kilometres (263 mi) long. Itsdrainage area is 17,000 square kilometres (4,200,000 acres),[3] occupying large portions of theEnshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture andYichangPrefecture-level city.The Qing River (Qing Jiang)confluence with the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) is at the ancient city ofYidu in the Yichang Prefecture of Hubei.[4]
The Qing River has three large dams on it: theGeheyan Dam,Gaobazhou Dam, andShuibuya Dam.[3]
The Geheyan Dam has aship lift that can lift vessels of up to 300 tons displacement, to allow water transport upriver from the dam. During the1998 Yangtze River floods the dam effectively held back the Qing River (Qing Jiang) flow.[1]
There is also theDongping Dam on theZhongjiang River (忠建河), the main right tributary of the Qing River.[citation needed]
In May 2007 landslides into a reservoir on the Qiaohe River, a tributary of the Qing River, caused significant property damage.[6]
The "Qing River Gallery" (清江画廊,Qīngjiāng Huàláng) is a Hubei Provincial Scenic Area that includes a series of scenic sites along the course of the Qing River upstream from the Geheyan Dam up to the Shuibuya Salt Springs.[citation needed]
"More than eight million cubic meters of mud and rock have slid. With the stored water in the reservoir rises to about 310 meters, we expected more than 26 million cubic meters of mud-rock flow in the next a few days." said Tian.
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