Qiantang River

Qiantang River Bridge (钱塘江 大桥)

Tidal Wave " Silver Dragon " in Hangzhou

The Qiantang River (Chinese钱塘江, Pinyin Qiantang Jiang) is the main river in the Chinese province of Zhejiang.

Prior to his mouth in the Hangzhou Bay, and thus into the East China Sea, it flows through the provincial capital Hangzhou. Its upper reaches is known as Xin'an Jiang (新安江) known. The river was formerly called Zhe Jiang (浙江) and is named after the eponymous province of Zhejiang.

It is 494 km long and has a catchment area of ​​54 349 square kilometers. Large parts of the main race and some side runs are navigable. The water discharge is 1434 m³ / s

In China, the river for its annual spring tide is known. The out of the bay into the narrower river upstream rising tide leads to up to nine meters high tidal wave. The "Silver Dragon " as the huge wave is called lures, each year hundreds of thousands of onlookers who watch the spectacle of nature. The tidal wave of the Qiantang River is the world 's largest.

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