Đuống River

Đuống River
Thiên Đức River, Canal des Rapides
Đuống River look from Phù Đổng Bridge 2008.
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Native nameSông Đuống (Vietnamese)
Location
CountryVietnam
Tỉnh, thànhHà Nội, Bắc Ninh
Physical characteristics
SourceCửa Dâu Junction
 • locationXuân Canh, Đông Anh District, Hanoi, Vietnam
 • coordinates21°4′51″N 105°50′41″E / 21.08083°N 105.84472°E / 21.08083; 105.84472
MouthMỹ Lộc Junction
 • location
Trung Kênh, Lương Tài District, Bắc Ninh Province, Vietnam
 • coordinates
21°3′21″N 106°18′16″E / 21.05583°N 106.30444°E / 21.05583; 106.30444
Length68 km (42 mi)
Discharge 
 • locationThượng Cát
 • average880 m3/s (31,000 cu ft/s)
 • maximum9,000 m3/s (320,000 cu ft/s)

The Đuống River (Vietnamese: Sông Đuống), also known as the Thiên Đức River, is a river of Vietnam. It flows for 68 kilometres (42 mi) through Bắc Ninh Province and Hanoi.[1] It was previously known by the French as the Canal des Rapides.

The river features in the poem "On the Other Side of the Đuống River" by Hoàng Cầm.[2]

  • Sunrise on Đuống river
    Sunrise on Đuống river
  • Đuống bridge
    Đuống bridge
  • The Duong River Bridge being repaired after the Operation Linebacker in 1972
    The Duong River Bridge being repaired after the Operation Linebacker in 1972

References

  1. ^ Vietnam Administrative Atlas, NXB Bản Đồ, 2004
  2. ^ Kim Ngoc Bao Ninh A World Transformed: The Politics of Culture in Revolutionary ... 2002 - Page 133 "Hoàng Cầm, well known for his heartbreaking poem "On the Other Side of the Đuống River," which detailed his village's devastation during the anti-French resistance, had become the director of the National Theater Troupe in 1955. He, too ..."


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