The Yên River (), also known as the Thạch Bồ River
(), is a river of
Quảng Nam province and
Da Nang
Da Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons (, ) is the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the Western Pacific Ocean of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one of Vietnam's most important p ...
,
Vietnam
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. It is formed by the split of the
Vu Gia into the Yên and the
Bình Phước on the boundary between
Đại Lộc and
Điện Bàn
Điện Bàn () is a Districts of Vietnam, district-level town of Quảng Nam Province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2015 the district had a population of 229,907. The district covers an area of 214.71 km². The district cap ...
in Quảng Nam.
It flows for 22 kilometres into Da Nang until the boundary between
Hòa Vang and
Cẩm Lệ, where it joins the
Túy Loan to form the
Cầu Đỏ.
In colonial times, the An Trạch irrigation dam was built across the river in
Hòa Vang district, Da Nang. Every year, fish –especially
sardine
Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring suborder Clupeoidei. The term "sardine" was first used in English during the early 15th century; a somewhat dubious etymology says it com ...
s– migrate to the area to lay their eggs, where local fishers catch them for food.
References
Rivers of Da Nang
Rivers of Quảng Nam province
Rivers of Vietnam
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