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Huangpu River
Sign in to saveAlso known as Whangpoo, Shen Jiang, Huangpu, Huang Pu, Huangpoo, Huang Poo, Hwangpoo, Hwang Poo
Major tributary of the Yangtze flowing through central Shanghai, now the municipality's largest river after floods during the Yuan and Ming dynasties
Key facts
- Native name
- 黄 浦 江 ( Chinese )
- Country
- China
- Municipality
- Shanghai
- Source
- Dianshan Lake
- Location
- Qingpu , Shanghai , China
- Mouth
- Yangtze River
- Length
- 113 km (70 mi)
- Average
- 180 m /s (6,400 cu ft/s)
- Left
- Suzhou Creek
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Huangpu (pronunciation), formerly romanized as Whangpoo, is a 113 km-long (70 mi) river flowing north through Shanghai. The Bund and Lujiazui are located along the Huangpu River.
Satellite image of the Huangpu River near its confluence with Suzhou Creek on the west bank (left) and the Lujiazui area (right) on the east bank
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Huangpu River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.