Qing River


The Qing River is a right tributary of the Yangtze River in Hubei province of south-central China.

Geography

Course

The Qing River Headwaters originate at Tenglong Cave near Lichuan City, in Hubei's southwestern corner. The river is long. Its drainage area is 17,000 km², occupying large portions of the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture and Yichang Prefecture-level city.
The Qing River confluence with the Yangtze River is at the ancient city of Yidu in the Yichang Prefecture of Hubei.

Dams

The Qing River has three large dams on it: the Geheyan Dam, Gaobazhou Dam, and Shuibuya Dam.
The Geheyan Dam has a ship lift that can lift vessels of up to 300 tons displacement, to allow water transport upriver from the dam. During the 1998 Yangtze River floods the dam effectively held back the Qing River flow.
There is also the Dongping Dam on the Zhongjiang River, the main right tributary of the Qing River.
In May 2007 landslides into a reservoir on the Qiaohe River, a tributary of the Qing River, caused significant property damage.

"Qing River Gallery"

The "Qing River Gallery" is a Hubei Provincial Scenic Area that includes a series of scenic sites along the course of the Qing River upstream from the Geheyan Dam up to the Shuibuya Salt Springs.