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The Fushui River (富水) is a river flowing through Tongshan and Yangxin Counties in the south-eastern part of
Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The p ...
province, China. The river is long. It originates in the
Mufu Mountains The Mufu Mountains () are a range of mountains located on the border of Jiangxi and Hubei provinces in China. Some maps label the range as 幕埠山, which would be transliterated as Mùbù Shān (Mubu Mountains), but this apparently is a typo. ...
, flows in the general eastern direction, and discharges into the
Yangtze River The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows ...
near Fuchi Town, Yangxin County (). There are a number of dams on the river and its tributaries. The most major or them, the Fushui Dam (富水大坝; ) is located in Yangxin County just east of the Tongshan County's county line. The dam creates a fairly large Fushui Reservoir ( 富水水库). The
Xianning Nuclear Power Plant The Xianning Nuclear Power Plant (), also named Dafan Nuclear Power Plant (大畈核电站), is planned in Dafan Town, Tongshan County, Xianning, Hubei Province, China. It is planned to host at least four 1,250-megawatt (MW) AP1000 pressurize ...
is under construction in Dafan Town, Tongshan County, on the northern shore of the Fushui Reservoir ();咸宁核电有限公司概况
(Briefly about Xianning Nuclear Power Ltd.). The location given in the article – near the Lion Cliff, in Dafan Town's Dakan Village (通山县大畈镇大墈村附近的狮子岩) can be found on maps.sogou.com, and the lay of the land on the mockup picture matches the peninsula of the satellite view on Google Maps. it is expected to use the reservoir's water for cooling and various ancillary purposes.咸宁大畈核电公司专程洽商富水水库取水事项
("Xianning Dafan Nuclear Power company makes a special trip to negotiate Fushui Reservoir water use issues"), Fushui Reservoir Management Company, 2010-10-23]
China National Highway 316 China National Highway 316 (G316) runs from Fuzhou in Fujian to Lanzhou in Gansu, via Nanchang (in Jiangxi) and Wuhan (in Hubei). It is 2915 kilometres in length. The highway crosses the provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Fujian. I ...
runs alongside the river for parts of its length.


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湖北省富水水库管理局
(The administration of Fushui Reservoir, Hubei Province) – the official site Rivers of Hubei {{China-river-stub