Juma River () is a river in

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that emerges from a

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-fed lake in

Laiyuan County Laiyuan County () is a county in western Hebei province, China, bordering Shanxi province to the west. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Baoding, and, , it had a population of 270,000 residing in an area of . Administr ...

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and flows to

Fangshan District Fangshan District () is situated in the southwest of Beijing, away from downtown Beijing. It has an area of and a population of 814,367 (2000 Census). The district is divided into 8 subdistricts, 14 towns, and 6 townships. The district administ ...

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before emptying into the Daqing River, a tributary of the

Hai River The Hai River (海河, lit. "Sea River"), also known as the Peiho, ("White River"), or Hai Ho, is a Chinese river connecting Beijing to Tianjin and the Bohai Sea. The Hai River at Tianjin is formed by the confluence of five watercourses: the ...

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Accessed 2012-03-23 The length of the river is approximately 254 km. At Shidu, the meandering river creates a deep valley in the scenic karst landscape. At Zhangfang, the river forks into the Northern and Southern Juma, both of which flow into the Daqing. The

Beijing–Yuanping Railway The Beijing–Yuanping or Jingyuan railway (), is a railroad in northern China between Beijing, the national capital, and Yuanping in Shanxi Province. The line is in length, and traverses through Beijing Municipality, Hebei and Shanxi Province ...

follows the Juma River through the

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