The Daling River () is a river in
Northeast China
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. With a length of , it is the main river in the arid western part of
Liaoning.
Its drainage basin covers , 85% of which is located in Liaoning, 13% in
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
and the remaining 2% in
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...
.
Course
The Daling River has two sources. The southern source is Shuiquan Creek () in the village of Wukunzhangzi (吴坤杖子) in
Jianchang County
Jianchang () is a county of Huludao City in the southwest of Liaoning province, China. It is the largest division of Huludao, with an area of , and population of 600,000, located in mountainous terrain west of that city, serviced by China Nationa ...
, Liaoning. The northern source is Quanzi Creek (泉子沟) in the village of Songyingzi (宋营子) in
Pingquan
Pingquan () is a county-level city of northeastern Hebei province, China, bordering Liaoning province to the east. It has a population of 470,000 residing in an area of . It is a centre of trade and business, and gold and silver are mined nearby.
...
, Hebei. The two source streams meet at
Dachengzi
Dachengzi Town () is a town located in the Miyun District of Beijing, China. It sits within a valley, with Hongmenchuan and Qingshui Rivers flow through it. The town borders Taishitun and Beizhuang Towns in its north, Shangshidong Township and Li ...
,
Kazuo County
Harqin Zuoyi Mongol Autonomous County (), commonly abbreviated as Kazuo County (), is a Mongolian autonomous county in the west of Liaoning province, China. It is under the administration of Chaoyang City, to the northeast, and has a population o ...
, Liaoning. From there the river flows northeast past the city of
Chaoyang into
Baishi Reservoir, where it receives
Mangniu River (牤牛河) from the north. Baishi Reservoir is Liaoning's third largest reservoir with a capacity of . The reservoir was built on the Daling River between 1995 and 2001, primarily for flood control purposes, and secondarily to supply water to nearby urban and agricultural areas. At Baishi Reservoir the river turns southeast, passing the towns of
Yixian and
Linghai
Linghai () is a county-level city in the west of Liaoning province, Northeast China. It was called Jinxian or Jin County () until 1993, when it was reorganized to a county-level city and renamed Linghai. Lying on the west (right) bank of the Dali ...
before entering
Liaodong Bay
Liaodong Bay () is largest and longest of the three main bays (along with Laizhou Bay to the south and the Bohai Bay to the southwest) of the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea.
Although named after the Liaodong Peninsula (which ...
in the
Bohai Sea
The Bohai Sea () is a marginal sea approximately in area on the east coast of Mainland China. It is the northwestern and innermost extension of the Yellow Sea, to which it connects to the east via the Bohai Strait. It has a mean depth of ...
.
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History and toponymy
The Neolithic
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Hongshan culture
The Hongshan culture () was a Neolithic culture in the West Liao river basin in northeast China. Hongshan sites have been found in an area stretching from Inner Mongolia to Liaoning, and dated from about 4700 to 2900 BC.
The culture is named aft ...
flourished in the Daling River basin between 4500 and 3000 BCE, as evidenced at sites such as Niuheliang
Niuheliang () is a Neolithic archaeological site in Liaoning Province, Northeast China, along the middle and upper reaches of the Laoha River and the Yingjin River (presently on the border of Chaoyang and Jianping County). Discovered in 1983, Ni ...
and Dongshanzui. The river was known as Bailangshui (白狼水) in the Han
Han may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group.
** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...
and Tang
Tang or TANG most often refers to:
* Tang dynasty
* Tang (drink mix)
Tang or TANG may also refer to:
Chinese states and dynasties
* Jin (Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) b ...
dynasties. It became known as the Ling River (灵河) in the Liao dynasty
The Liao dynasty (; Khitan language, Khitan: ''Mos Jælud''; ), also known as the Khitan Empire (Khitan: ''Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur''), officially the Great Liao (), was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that exi ...
, which was rewritten as 凌河 in the Jin.
References
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