Qiantang River | |||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 钱塘江 | ||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 錢塘江 | ||||||||||||||
Postal | Tsientang River | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | River of King Qian's Dyke | ||||||||||||||
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The Qiantang River, formerly known as the Hangchow River[1][2][3] or Tsientang River, is a river in East China. An important commercial artery, it runs for 459 kilometers (285 mi) through Zhejiang, passing through the provincial capital Hangzhou before flowing into the East China Sea via Hangzhou Bay south of Shanghai. Its original name, the "Zhe River" or "Zhe Jiang", is the origin of the name of Zhejiang province. The river is also known, along with Hangzhou Bay, for having what is called by locals as the "Silver Dragon", the world's largest tidal bore, a phenomenon where the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) that can rise to a height of 9 meters (30 ft) and travels up the river or narrow bay at top speeds of 40 km/h (25 miles per hour) against the direction of the river or bay's current, and can be seen from miles away.[4][5][6]
The extreme north of the city is at the termination of the Grand Canal and the extreme south is on the Tsien Tang River, sometimes called the Hangchow River, which is about one and a quarter miles wide at this point.
Dzien-dang, or Hangchow River, and is one of the commonest trees to be found there.
In passing the Hangchow Gulf, great care must be taken to avoid the indraft of the Hangchow river
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