Jiuxiang River

Jiuxiang River
Location
CountryChina
RegionJiangsu Province
MunicipalityNanjing

The Jiuxiang River (Chinese: ; pinyin: Jiu Xiang; Wade–Giles: ) is a rather small river near Nanjing in Jiangsu Province, China.[1]

Geography

The Jiuxiang River is located at 32°01-32'N 118°52'-119°01'E in the eastern part of Nanjing. It drains 106.2 km2. In the north of the basin the terrain is flat, and the central and northern basin is an important agricultural area for Nanjing.[1]

Cities along the river

Nanjing

Environmental protection

Construction and agriculture have the most impact on water quality, while forested land also has an impact. Prior to 2003, the area was mostly agricultural, but is becoming rapidly urbanized. The area of cultivated land has decreased substantially.[1] [2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hebing Hu, Hongyu Liu, Jingfeng Hao, and Jing An. 2011. Impacts of Multi-scale Landscape Pattern on Stream Water Quality. Advanced Materials Research 356-360: 1586-1589
  2. ^ Hebing Hu, Hongyu Liu, Jingfeng Hao, and Jing An. 2011. The urbanization effects on watershed landscape structure and their ecological risk assessment. Acta Ecologica Sinica 31(12): 3432-3440