Jian River

The Jian River (Chinese: 湔江 or 涧河; Pinyin: Jiān Jiāng or Jiān Hé [Different sources refer to this river as different names. For Jian Jiang (湔江 ), see e.g., cite web |url= http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-05/22/content_8231648.htm|title= 挺进悬顶之湖——唐家山堰塞湖勘查纪实|accessdate=2008-06-02 |publisher= Xinhua News Agency|date=2008-05-22|language=Chinese ; for Jian He (涧河), see, e.g., cite web |url=http://www.cq.xinhuanet.com/photonews/2008-05/26/content_13359669.htm |title=唐家山堰塞湖准备爆破 |accessdate=2008-06-02 |publisher=Xinhua News Agency |date=2008-05-26|language=Chinese ] ) is a river in China, the headwater stream of Tongkou River (通口河). [cite web|url= http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-06/06/content_8323104.htm |title=唐家山堰塞湖分洪前夕前线见闻|publisher = Xinhua News Agency |date=2008-06-06|accessdate=2008-06-07|language= Chinese] The Tongkou joins the Fu River which is a tributary of the Yangtze. The Jian River flows through Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Sichuan. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake caused a landslide dam on the river which created Tangjiashan Lake. [cite web|url=http://english.sina.com/1/2008/0526/163298.html|accessdate=2008-05-27|title=Backgrounder: Tangjiashan lake__English_SINA.com] More than 100,000 people were evacuated downstream while a sluice was constructed. [cite web|title=More people being evacuated from swollen lake area in southwest China|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/27/content_8263743.htm|accessdate=2008-05-27]

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