Jian River (Sichuan) Explained

The Jian River (^[1]) is a river in China, the headwater stream of Tongkou River (通口河).^[2] The Tongkou joins the Fu River which is a tributary of the Yangtze. The Jian River flows through Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Sichuan. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake caused a landslide dam on the river which created Tangjiashan Lake.^[3] More than 100,000 people were evacuated downstream while a sluice was constructed. The river went to a blood red or crimson color due to pollution.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Different sources refer to this river as different names. For Jian Jiang (湔江), see e.g., Web site: http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-05/22/content_8231648.htm. zh:挺进悬顶之湖——唐家山堰塞湖勘查纪实. 2008-06-02. Xinhua News Agency. 2008-05-22. Chinese. ; for Jian He (涧河), see, e.g., Web site: http://www.cq.xinhuanet.com/photonews/2008-05/26/content_13359669.htm . zh:唐家山堰塞湖准备爆破 . 2008-06-02 . . 2008-05-26 . Chinese . 2008-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528223528/http://www.cq.xinhuanet.com/photonews/2008-05/26/content_13359669.htm . dead .
2. Web site: http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-06/06/content_8323104.htm . https://web.archive.org/web/20080609010946/http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-06/06/content_8323104.htm . dead . June 9, 2008 . zh:唐家山堰塞湖分洪前夕前线见闻. . 2008-06-06. 2008-06-07. Chinese.
3. Web site: Backgrounder: Tangjiashan lake__English_SINA.com. 2008-05-27.
4. Web site: More people being evacuated from swollen lake area in southwest China. https://web.archive.org/web/20080528101355/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/27/content_8263743.htm. dead. May 28, 2008. 2008-05-27.