Vu Gia River
| Vu Gia | |
|---|---|
 The Vu Gia River in Điện Bàn, Quảng Nam province. | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Province | Quảng Nam |
| Disctrict | Đại Lộc |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of Bung and Cái |
| • location | Đại Sơn commune |
| • coordinates | 15°49′05″N 107°50′51″E / 15.81806°N 107.84750°E |
| Mouth | split into Yên and Bình Phước |
• location | boundary between Đại Lộc and Điện Bàn |
• coordinates | 15°53′51″N 108°08′13″E / 15.89750°N 108.13694°E |
The Vu Gia River (Vietnamese: sông Vu Gia) is a river in Đại Lộc district in the province of Quảng Nam in central Vietnam.[1] It is formed by the confluence of the Bung and the Cái in Đại Sơn commune in the west of Đại Lộc district. It flows through the length of the district until the boundary with Điện Bàn disctrict, where it splits into the Yên and the Bình Phước.[2] The Vu Gia is part of the Vu Gia–Thu Bồn river basin, and the Vu Gia and the Thu Bồn seasonally undergo exchange of flow.[3]
Before 2000, most of the flow of the Vu Gia River went, through a multitude of different channels, into the Hàn river in Đà Nẵng, where it is an important source of freshwater. A large flood in 2000 created the "New Quảng Huế" distributary, which allowed most of the flow of the Vu Gia to flow into the Thu Bồn during the dry season. This new channel had to be dammed to restore the original flow.[4] The flow between the Vu Gia and the Thu Bồn is important for the livelihoods of many people downstream in Quảng Nam province and Đà Nẵng city. Regulating this flow therefore remains a concern for the local authorities.[5]
References
- ^ Tập bản đồ hành chính Việt Nam. Nhà xuất bản Tài nguyên – Môi trường và Bản đồ Việt Nam. Hà Nội, 2013.
- ^ "Circular 29/2015/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on the list of residential, mountain, hydrological, economic, and social place names for the creation of a map of the Quảng Nam province mainland". Thuvienphapluat. 2017. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "SEA of the Quang Nam Province Hydropower Plan for the Vu Gia-Thu Bon River Basin" (PDF). International Center for Envinonmental Management. 2008. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "Environmental Impact Assessment for Viet Nam Water Resources Assistance Project" (PDF). World Bank. 2003. sec. 1.2.4. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "Sông Quảng Huế và câu chuyện an ninh nguồn nước" [The Quảng Huế River and the issue of water security]. báo Quảng Nam. 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-07.