Xiaoqing River Explained

Xiaoqing River is a river in Shandong Province, China. It is part of the Bohai Sea basin and empties into Laizhou Bay.^[1] The river flows through the major city of Jinan.^[2] It is 216km (134miles) long and drains a 10336km2 basin, which also contains the city of Zibo.^[3]

Ecology

The river has been noted as a major source of pollution in Laizhou Bay, with pollution control efforts influencing the abundance of phytoplankton species in the estuary.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers in China

Notes and References

1. Zhang . Feifei . Fu . Hongrui . Lou . Huawei . Sun . Xiaojun . Zhang . Dong . Sun . Peiyan . Wang . Xinping . Li . Yiming . Lu . Jinren . Bao . Mutai . October 2023 . Assessment of eutrophication from Xiaoqing River estuary to Laizhou Bay: Further warning of ecosystem degradation in typically polluted estuary . Marine Pollution Bulletin . 193 . 115209 . 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115209 . 1879-3363 . 37364339.
2. Sun . Yajun . Wang . Tieyu . Peng . Xiawei . Wang . Pei . Lu . Yonglong . June 2016 . Bacterial community compositions in sediment polluted by perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) using Illumina high-throughput sequencing . Environmental Science and Pollution Research . en . 23 . 11 . 10556–10565 . 10.1007/s11356-016-6055-0 . 0944-1344.
3. Yang . Yuheng . Zhang . Xi . Chang . Leran . Cheng . Yufei . Cao . Shengle . 27 February 2018 . A Method of Evaluating Ecological Compensation Under Different Property Rights and Stages: A Case Study of the Xiaoqing River Basin, China . Sustainability . en . 10 . 3 . 615 . 10.3390/su10030615 . free . 2071-1050.
4. Zhang . Jing-Jing . Wang . Yu-Jue . Li . Fan . Liu . Ke . Wang . Ying . Yu . Yang . Gao . Yan-Jie . Xiao . Xiao-Tong . Lü . Zhen-Bo . 8 April 2022 . [Effects of Pollution Control of Xiaoqing River on Environment Factors and Phytoplankton Community in the Laizhou Bay] ]. Huan Jing Ke Xue . 43 . 4 . 1997–2006 . 10.13227/j.hjkx.202108128 . 0250-3301 . 35393823.