The Dongyu River[5] (Chinese: 东鱼河[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
Location
CountryChina[2]
ProvinceShandong[1]
Physical characteristics
Length172.1 kilometres[3]
Dongyu River
Simplified Chinese东鱼河[4]
Traditional Chinese東魚河
Hanyu PinyinDōng yú hé

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]

References

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