Panlong River
The Panlong River (Chinese: 盘龙江; pinyin: Pánlóng Jiāng) in an urban river in Kunming City, Yunnan, China. It flows in the general north-to-south direction through the city's Panlong, Wuhua and Guandu Districts, and enters the Dian Lake at 24.953732°N 102.686274°E.
Panlong River cruise pier at Taoyuan Square
The river receives a large quantity of municipal sewage and wastewater from industrial effluent.
The Panlong River of Kunming should not be confused with another, longer, river of the same name (also 盘龙江), which flows through south-eastern Yunnan and Vietnam, and enters the Red River.
References
- Duan, Chang-Qun; Hu, Bin; Wang, Zheng-Hong; Wen, Chuan-Hao; Yan, Shen-Qi; Jiang, Xiao-Hua; Wang, Ding-Kang; Li, Qing; Liang, Xiao-Feng (1999), "Tradescantia bioassays for the determination of genotoxicity of water in the Panlong River, Kunming, People's Republic of China", Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 426 (2): 127–31, doi:10.1016/S0027-5107(99)00054-8, PMID 10350584
External links
- Photo of Panlong River, Kunming
- Wikimapia Panlong River – 盤龍河
- Environmental Management Plan (EMP) Yunnan Urban Environment Project
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