Day River
Encyclopedia
The Day River is a river in Vietnam
. It was formerly known as Sông Hát or Hát Giang. The river is a distributary
of the Red River, draining into the Gulf of Tonkin
.
The river has a length of 240 km and has a drainage basin
of more than 7,500 km², flowing through Hanoi
, and the provinces of Hòa Bình
, Hà Nam, Ninh Bình
and Nam Định.
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. It was formerly known as Sông Hát or Hát Giang. The river is a distributary
Distributary
A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. They are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributary is a tributary...
of the Red River, draining into the Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Tonkin
The Gulf of Tonkin is an arm of the South China Sea, lying off the coast of northeastern Vietnam.-Etymology:The name Tonkin, written "東京" in Hán tự and Đông Kinh in romanised Vietnamese, means "Eastern Capital", and is the former toponym for Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam...
.
The river has a length of 240 km and has a drainage basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
of more than 7,500 km², flowing through Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...
, and the provinces of Hòa Bình
Hòa Bình
Hoa Binh may refer to:*Hoa Binh province of Vietnam*Hoa Binh, city in Hoa Binh province*Hoa Binh District of Bac Lieu province*Hòa Bình, Vĩnh Lợi, town of Bac Lieu Province*Hoà Bình, An Giang, village *Hòa Bình, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu, village...
, Hà Nam, Ninh Bình
Ninh Bình
Ninh Bình is a city in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. It is the capital of Ninh Binh province.-Geography:Ninh Binh city located in the southernmost plains north Vietnam...
and Nam Định.