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Huangpu river (黃浦江) is a 97km long river in China flowing through Shanghai. For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A waterfall on the Ova da Fedoz, Switzerland A river is a large natural waterway. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: ; Shanghainese IPA: ) is Chinas largest city and is situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta. ...


It is an average of 400 meters wide and 9 meters deep. Shanghai gets most of its drinking water from Huangpu, which thus plays an important part for the metropolis. It divides the city into two regions: Pudong and Puxi.


Other cities along the river include:

Jiaxing (嘉兴市; Postal System Pinyin: Kashing; Wade-Giles: Chia-hsing) is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang Province, China. ...

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China Shanghai-made warship 170 in Huangpu River just May 3,2005 [1] (http://http://woody2000.yculblog.com/post.659896.html) or: [2] (http://photo.163.com/openpic.php?user=yuhong.chen&pid=176804855&_dir=%2F8387861) China stretches some 5,000 kilometers across the East Asian landmass in an erratically changing configuration of broad plains, expansive deserts, and lofty mountain ranges, including vast areas of inhospitable terrain. ... This is a list of rivers, which are at least partially located in China: Amur (Heilongjiang) - Sea of Japan Songhua River Brahmaputra - Bay of Bengal (joins the Ganges) Yangtze (Chang Jiang) - East China Sea Xiangjiang Lishui (Li) Yuanjiang (Yuan) Zijiang (Zi) Hai He - Yellow Sea Huai He - Yellow Sea Huang...


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Huangpu River, a symbol of Shanghai, originates in Dianshan Lake and empties into the Yangtze River at Wusongkou (mouth of Wusong River).
The west bank (Puxi) of the Huangpu River is the cultural, residential and entertainment center of Shanghai.
The east bank of the river (Pudong) is the newer district of Shanghai and its financial and commercial hub.
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Huangpu River, Whangpoo, or Hwangpoo river, 97 km long, rising in the lake district of Shanghai Municipality, East China, and flowing northeast past Shanghai into the Chang estuary at Wusong.
The river, yellow in color and ice-free all the year round, totals 114 kilometers long, and averages 400 meters wide and 9 meters deep.
Huangpu River is also a major water source for Shanghai, and as the city has grown it has suffered from water shortages and polluted drinking water; in 1996 a project to divert water from the Chang River (Yangtze) to the Huangpu River was completed.
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