Chishui River (Shaanxi)

Chishui River (Shaanxi)
For other uses, see Chishui.

The Chishui River (Chinese: 赤水河; literally "Red Water River") is a river in China. It is a tributary of the Wei River. It is located near the town of Chishui (Chinese: 赤水镇), in Hua County, under the jurisdiction of Weinan, in the northwestern province of Shaanxi.[1]

On December 30, 2009 the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha product oil pipeline that connects Lanzhou, Gansu with Zhengzhou, Henan burst, spilling 150,000 liters of diesel oil into the Chishui River.[2] For details, see the article Yellow River oil spill.

References

  1. ^ BBC.co.uk
  2. ^ BBC.co.uk


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