Dongyu River Explained

Dongyu River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:China[1]
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Shandong[2]
Length:172.1 kilometres[3]
Dongyu River
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T:東魚河
S:东鱼河[4]
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The Dongyu River[5] ([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]

Notes and References

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