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Huangshui River
The Huangshui River or Huang Shui is a river in Qinghai and Gansu, China. The river is a left tributary of the Yellow River and its total length is with a basin area of . Etymology The Huangshui River () is also referred to simply as Huang River () in China. The river was formerly romanized as the Hwong-Choui. In Amdo Tibetan, the Huangshui is known as the Tsong Chu. History The Huangshui River valley has long been important as a route between Chinese, Tibetan, and Mongolian cultures. As one of the few fertile valleys on the northeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the river's basin has supported agriculture for various Neolithic and Bronze Age civilizations including the Majiayao culture, Qijia culture, Xindian culture, and Kayue culture. Huangshui's valley was also one of the routes utilized by travelers on the Northern Silk Road. The city of Xining formed on the Huangshui due to its strategic importance. Geography The Huangshui River, in name, is a short river th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayue Culture
Kayue culture () was a Bronze Age culture in Northwest China in the area of the upper reaches of the Yellow River and its tributary Huang Shui (Tib. ''Tsong Chu''). It was discovered in 1923 in the villages Kayue () and Xiaxihe () of Yunguchuan Huangzhong in China's Qinghai Province and is named after the village of Kayue. The former name of the Kayue culture was Kayao culture (), it was previously assigned to the Siwa culture. It is dated to the period of approximately 900 to 600 BCE. Geography The Kayue culture was mainly distributed in the territory of the contemporary Minhe, Ledu, Ping'an, Xining, Huzhu, Datong, Haiyan, Gangca (''Gangcha''), Tongren and Huangzhong counties, where more than 200 sites and over 1,000 graves were found. Among them was the Bronze Age necropolis Suzhi (Suzhi mudi 苏志墓地) in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County. Context Kayue culture is believed to have developed from the western part of the Qijia culture. Among the cultural relics disco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honggu
Honggu District () is one of five districts of the prefecture-level city of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, Northwest China. Although administratively part of Lanzhou, it is not part of the continuous built-up area of the city, and is located roughly equidistant between Lanzhou and Xining. Directly across the Huangshui River lies Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County in Qinghai. The area of Honggu District has been inhabited since at least 5000 B.C. In 110 B.C., the area was captured by the Han dynasty army. In 1960, the district was split off from Xigu District, before then it had also been part of both Yongdeng County en Gaolan County. Until 1989, the county seat was in Yaojie, nowadays, Haishiwan is the county seat. Since the districts urban centre and government is not located in the town Honggu, the district is often referred to by locals as Haishiwan or Yaojie. Honggu is rich in mineral resources such as coal, sand, gravel, petroleum, ores. During the first five-year pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minhe Hui And Tu Autonomous County
Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County (; Xiao'erjing: ) is the easternmost county in Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Haidong (lit. Eastern Qinghai) Region. "Hui" refers to the Chinese Muslims, whereas "Tu" refers to the ethnic group known as “Monguor” in the West and as "Tu Zu" in China. It borders the Honggu District of Gansu on the east, demarcated by the Datong River, a tributary to the Huangshui River, which eventually flows into the Yellow River. The County is multi-ethnic and significant to not only holding the most densely populated Tu Zu settlement in Sanchuan/ Guanting in its southeastern portion, but also as the homeland of the legendary Emperor Yü the Great, who established the Xia Dynasty (2070–1600 BC), the first ever recorded dynasty in the ancient Chinese history based on recent archaeological discoveries. Administrative divisions Minhe is divided into 8 towns and 14 townships, including 1 ethnic township. The county government i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Stem
In hydrology, a mainstem (or trunk) is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries". Water enters the mainstem from the river's drainage basin, the land area through which the mainstem and its tributaries flow.. A drainage basin may also be referred to as a ''watershed'' or ''catchment''. Hydrological classification systems assign numbers to tributaries and mainstems within a drainage basin. In the Strahler number, a modification of a system devised by Robert E. Horton in 1945, channels with no tributaries are called "first-order" streams. When two first-order streams meet, they are said to form a second-order stream; when two second-order streams meet, they form a third-order stream, and so on. In the Horton system, the entire mainstem of a drainage basin was assigned the highest number in that basin. However, in the Strahler system, adopted in 1957, only that part of the mainstem below the tributary of the next highest rank gets the highest num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Datong River
The Datong River (), known as the Julak Chu in Amdo Tibetan, is a river in China in the Yellow River basin. It has a total length of , and a basin area of . It has an average annual flow of 90.5 cubic meters per second. It was previously spelled Tatung in English. The river forms in Tianjun County, part of Qinghai Province's Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It then flows easterly separating the Qilian Mountains from the Daban Mountains. The main centre of population along its length here is Menyuan. The Datong meets the Huangshui River at Qinghai's border with Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet .... While it is a tributary of the Huangshui in name, the Datong is actually the main stem of the Huangshui River system and is considerably longer th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanzhou
Lanzhou (, ; ) is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. Historically, it has been a major link on the Northern Silk Road and it stands to become a major hub on the New Eurasian Land Bridge. The city is also a center for heavy industry and petrochemical industry. Lanzhou is one of the top 70 major cities in the world by scientific research output as tracked by the Nature Index. The city hosts several research institutions, including, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou University of Technology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, and Gansu Agricultural University. Notably, Lanzhou University is one of China's prestige universities as a member of the Project 985. History Originally in the territory of the ancient Western Qiangs, Lanzhou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haidong
Haidong (; Wylie: Haitung) is a prefecture-level city of Qinghai province in Western China. Its name literally means "east of the (Qinghai) Lake." On 8 February 2013 Haidong was upgraded from a prefecture () into a prefecture-level city. Haidong is the third most populous administrative division in Qinghai after Xining and Golmud. Haidong was historically populated by the Qiang people, although the area has been inhabited as early as 6000 years ago. In 121 BC the area was captured by Huo Qubing, defeating the Xiongnu. In 399 AD the Xianbei founded the state of Nanliang, with its capital in Ledu District. Geography Haidong is the easternmost division of Qinghai province. It is bounded by Xining, the provincial capital, to the West, the Datong River Valley to the north, Gansu to the east, and the Yellow River to the south. Mountain ranges tower above the district of which the main valley is the one of the Huang Shui (Tib. ''Tsong Chu''), a major tributary of the Yellow River. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (; , , Tib.pin.: ''cojang poirig ranggyong kü'') is an autonomous prefecture of northeastern Qinghai Province, China. The prefecture has an area of and its seat is Haiyan County. Its name literally means "north of Qinghai Lake." This Tibetan culture area was incorporated into Qinghai province into Qinghai province in the early 1950s, as opposed to being part of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Demographics According to the 2000 census, Haibei has 258,922 inhabitants with a population density of 6.58 inhabitants/km2. The following is a list of ethnic groups in the prefecture, 2000 census. Subdivisions The prefecture is subdivided into 4 county-level divisions: 3 counties and 1 autonomous county Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. The two are essentially identical except in name. There are 117 autonomous counties and three autonomous banners. The latter are fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haiyan County, Qinghai
Haiyan County (; ) is a county of Qinghai Province, China, located on the northeast shore of Qinghai Lake. It is under the administration of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to 原子城 (Atomic Bomb city) covering 570 km² Climate Economy A major nuclear research facility, Plant 221 (), was established in 1958 at the location called Jinyintan () in Haiyan County. By CHRIS BUCKLEY and ADAM WU JAN. The New York Times, 20, 2018 See also *List of administrative divisions of Qinghai
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Daban Mountains
Daban may refer to: Places * Daban, China, a village in Fujian, China *Daban, Kati Cercle, a village and rural commune in the Kati Cercle in the Koulikoro Region, Mali *Daban, Russia, a ''selo'' in Olyokminsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia *The Chinese name for Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ..., a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan People *Jacques Tisné Daban, mayor of Aast, a commune in the Aquitane region of France, in 1871–1881 See also * {{Disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xining
Xining (; ), alternatively known as Sining, is the capital of Qinghai province in western China and the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau. The city was a commercial hub along the Northern Silk Road's Hexi Corridor for over 2000 years, and was a stronghold of the Han, Sui, Tang dynasty, Tang, and Song dynasty, Song dynasties' resistance against nomadic attacks from the west. Although long a part of Gansu province, Xining was added to Qinghai in 1928. Xining holds sites of religious significance to Muslims and Buddhists, including the Dongguan Mosque and Ta'er Monastery. The city lies in the Huangshui River valley, and owing to its high altitude, has a cool climate on the borderline between Semi-arid climate#Cold semi-arid climates, cool semi-arid and dry winter humid continental climate, humid continental. It is Qinghai–Tibet railway, connected by rail to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet and Lanzhou-Xinjiang High-Speed Railway, connected by high-speed rail to Lanzhou, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
