Jian River
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The Jian River is a river
in China
, the headwater stream of Tongkou River (通口河). The Tongkou joins the Fu River
which is a tributary of the Yangtze. The Jian River flows through Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County
, Sichuan
. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake
caused a landslide dam
on the river which created Tangjiashan Lake
. More than 100,000 people were evacuated downstream while a sluice was constructed.
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
in China
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, the headwater stream of Tongkou River (通口河). The Tongkou joins the Fu River
Fu River
-See also:*List of rivers in China...
which is a tributary of the Yangtze. The Jian River flows through Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County
Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County
Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County is a county under the jurisdiction of Mianyang Municipality in, Sichuan, China. It is located in an ethnically diverse mountainous region of Sichuan. Its Chinese name literally means "North" "River"...
, Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake
2008 Sichuan earthquake
The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the Great Sichuan Earthquake was a deadly earthquake that measured at 8.0 Msand 7.9 Mw occurred at 14:28:01 CST...
caused a landslide dam
Landslide dam
A landslide dam, debris dam, or barrier lake is a natural damming of a river by some kind of mass wasting: landslide, debris flow, rock avalanche or volcano. If it is caused by earthquake, it may also be called a quake lake. Some landslide dams are as high as the largest existing artificial dam...
on the river which created Tangjiashan Lake
Tangjiashan Lake
Tangjiashan Lake is a landslide dam-created lake on the Jian River, which was formed by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Its name comes from the nearby mountain Tangjiashan. On May 24, 2008 the water level rose by in a single day, reaching a depth of , just below the barrier level...
. More than 100,000 people were evacuated downstream while a sluice was constructed.