Dadu River (Sichuan)

Dadu He
The upper Dadu River
Map of the Min and Dadu River drainage basin
Origin	Confluence of Dajin Chuan and Xiaojin Chuan at Danba
Mouth	Min Jiang at Leshan

For other uses, see Dadu River (Taiwan).

The Dadu River near Hanyuan

The Dadu River (Chinese: 大渡河), a tributary of the Min, also known as the Tatu River, is located in the Sichuan province of China. The river is noted for being crossed by the Luding Bridge, a historically important bridge. It was the site of a famous retreat by the Chinese communists from Nationalist troops during the Long March.

The Kangding Louding earthquake of 1786 caused a landslide dam in the Dadu. Ten days later, 10 June 1786, the dam broke and the resulting flood extended 1400km downstream, and killed 100,000 people. It is the second-deadliest landslide disaster on record. ^[1]

A song from the Chinese musical The East Is Red is entitled "Across the Dadu River."

References

1. ^ Schuster, R.L. and G. F. Wieczorek, "Landslide triggers and types" in Landslides: Proceedings of the First European Conference on Landslides 2002 A.A. Balkema Publishers. p.66

External links

• The river and the bridge
• Dispute over hydroelectric projects

Coordinates: 29°32′58″N 103°45′53″E / 29.54944°N 103.76472°E / 29.54944; 103.76472