The Qingjiang is a right tributary of the Yangtze River

Yangtze River

The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...

originating at Tenglong Cave near Lichuan

Lichuan

Lichuan is a county-level city in the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Hubei Province of China. Lichuan has approximately 73,000 inabitants.-Ran Jianxin:...

 City, Hubei, People's Republic of China. It is 423 kilometers long. Its drainage area is 17,000 km²,
occupying large portions of the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

-Demographics:The total area is 24,000 square kilometers, and the population is 3,800,000. 52.6% of the population belong to the Tujia and Miao nations, who -while officially minority nations- are thus a majority here...

 and Yichang

Yichang

Yichang is a prefecture-level city located in Hubei province of the People's Republic of China. It is the second largest city in Hubei province after the province capital, Wuhan. The Three Gorges Dam is located within its administrative area, in Yiling District.-History:In ancient times Yichang...

 Prefecture-level City.
The Qingjiang empties into the Yangtze at the ancient city of Yidu

Yidu, Hubei

Yidu is a county-level city in Hubei, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yichang....

 in the Yichang

Yichang

Yichang is a prefecture-level city located in Hubei province of the People's Republic of China. It is the second largest city in Hubei province after the province capital, Wuhan. The Three Gorges Dam is located within its administrative area, in Yiling District.-History:In ancient times Yichang...

 Prefetcure.

The Qingjiang has three large dams on it, the Geheyan

Geheyan dam

The Geheyan Dam is an arch-gravity dam on the Qingjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, in Hubei, China.The dam is located in Changyang Tujia Autonomous County , just a few kilometers to the west from the county seat.The dam is designed in 1987, and is equipped with a ship lift capable...

, Gaobazhou, and Shuibuya

Shuibuya Dam

The Shuibuya Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill embankment dam on the Qingjiang River in Badong County, Enshi, Hubei Province, China. The purpose of the dam is mainly hydroelectricity but it also promotes flood control, navigation, tourism and fishery...

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The Geheyan dam has a ship lift that can lift vessels of up to 300 tons displacement.

During the 1998 Yangtze flood the dam effectively held back the Qingjiang's flow.

In May 2007 landslides into a reservoir on a tributary river caused significant property damage.