Yongding River

Yongding River
Yongding River
	The Yongding River under the Marco Polo Bridge is dried out
	The Hai River Basin.
Native name	永定河 (Chinese)
Physical characteristics
Source	Guancen Mountains
• location	Ningwu County, Shanxi Province
Mouth	Hai River
• coordinates	39°09′44″N 117°10′34″E / 39.1623°N 117.1762°E
Length	650 kilometers (400 mi)
Basin size	47,016 square kilometers (18,153 sq mi)
Basin features
Bridges	Marco Polo Bridge

The Yongding River (Chinese: 永定河; pinyin: Yǒngdìng Hé; Wade–Giles: Yungting He) is a river in northern China. It is one of the main tributaries in the Hai River system and is best known as the largest river to flow through Beijing. In recent years, the Beijing segment of the river has dried up due to environmental issues.^[1] The Beijing municipal government has invested 16 billion yuan in an effort to replace the riverbed with parkland or smaller bodies of water.^[2]

^ Jiang, Bo; Wong, Christina P.; Lu, Fei; Ouyang, Zhiyun; Wang, Yajuan (2014). "Drivers of drying on the Yongding River in Beijing". Journal of Hydrology. 519: 69–79. Bibcode:2014JHyd..519...69J. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.06.033.
^ Hancock, Tom (2011-09-22). "Slideshow: reviving the Yongding". Chinadialogue.net. Chinadialogue.net. Retrieved 2017-01-29. Beijing's government is spending 16 billion yuan (US$2.5 billion) on restoring the dried-out riverbed, filling it with water and creating parkland along the riverside.

[1] Jiang, Bo; Wong, Christina P.; Lu, Fei; Ouyang, Zhiyun; Wang, Yajuan (2014). "Drivers of drying on the Yongding River in Beijing". Journal of Hydrology. 519: 69–79. Bibcode:2014JHyd..519...69J. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.06.033.

[2] Hancock, Tom (2011-09-22). "Slideshow: reviving the Yongding". Chinadialogue.net. Chinadialogue.net. Retrieved 2017-01-29. Beijing's government is spending 16 billion yuan (US$2.5 billion) on restoring the dried-out riverbed, filling it with water and creating parkland along the riverside.

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