Key facts
- Native name
- 永定河 ( Chinese )
- Source
- Guancen Mountains
- Location
- Ningwu County , Shanxi Province
- Mouth
- Hai River
- Length
- 650 kilometers (400 mi)
- Basin size
- 47,016 square kilometers (18,153 sq mi)
- Bridges
- Marco Polo Bridge
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Encyclopedic overview
The Yongding River (Chinese: 永定河; pinyin: Yǒngdìng Hé; Wade–Giles: Yungting Ho) is a river in northern China. It is one of the main tributaries in the Hai River system and is the largest river to flow through Beijing. In recent years, the Beijing segment of the river has dried up due to environmental issues. The Beijing municipal government has invested 16 billion yuan in an effort to replace the riverbed with parkland or smaller bodies of water.
Etymology
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