Changyang Tujia Autonomous County ( simplified Chinese : 长阳 土家族 自治县 ; traditional Chinese : 長陽 土家族 自治縣 ; pinyin : Chángyáng Tǔjiāzú Zìzhìxiàn ) or in Tujia language known as Changryangf Bifzivkar Zivzirxianf is an autonomous county in western Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yichang .
6-865: The county is located in the basin of the Qing River , a right tributary of the Yangtze . The river is flanked by mountains on both sides, the tallest of which - the Tianzhu Mountain - is 2,542 metres (8,340 ft) tall. The river is dammed by the Geheyan Dam (located within the county) and the Gaoba Dam (located in the neighboring Yidu County-level City, but flooding some of the Qingjiang River valley within Changyang County as well). The resulting reservoirs provide
12-562: Is a right (southern) tributary of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in Hubei province of south-central China . The Qing River Headwaters originate at Tenglong Cave (Teng Long Dong) near Lichuan City , in Hubei's southwestern corner. The river is 423 kilometres (263 mi) long. Its drainage area is 17,000 square kilometres (4,200,000 acres) 17,000 km², occupying large portions of
18-635: The Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture and Yichang Prefecture-level city . The Qing River (Qing Jiang) confluence with the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) is at the ancient city of Yidu in the Yichang Prefecture of Hubei. The Qing River has three large dams on it: the Geheyan Dam , Gaobazhou Dam , and Shuibuya Dam . The Geheyan Dam has a ship lift that can lift vessels of up to 300 tons displacement, to allow water transport upriver from
24-635: The dam. During the 1998 Yangtze River floods the dam effectively held back the Qing River (Qing Jiang) flow. There is also the Dongping Dam on the Zhongjiang River ( 忠建河 ), the main right tributary of the Qing River. In May 2007 landslides into a reservoir on the Qiaohe River, a tributary of the Qing River, caused significant property damage. The "Qing River Gallery" (清江画廊, Qīngjiāng Huàláng )
30-614: The eponymous towns of the county. The China National Highway 318 , and the newly constructed Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway (G50) run roughly parallel to the railway. Building the expressway in this area required the construction of a number of tunnels and remarkable bridges, such as the Longtanhe Bridge just outside Langping Town. This Hubei location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Qing River The Qing River ( Chinese : 清江 ; pinyin : Qīng Jiāng ; lit. 'Pure River')
36-415: The main water transportation route throughout much of the county. Established in 1984 with a surface area of 3,412 square kilometres (1,317 sq mi) and a population in 1984 of 399,000 inhabitants, of which 295,000 were Tujia. Eight towns: Three townships: The new Yichang-Wanzhou Railway crosses the northwestern part of the county, with two stations - Langping and Hejiaping - located near
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