Hai River

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river river system

The Hai River is a major river system in northern China that flows through the Beijing–Tianjin region into the Bohai Sea, playing a crucial role in regional water supply, agriculture, and transportation.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Hai River basin 2
Yongding River 2
Hai River (lower reaches influence) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
river system ⓘ
basinSize approximately 318000 square kilometers ⓘ
belongsToHydrologicalSystem Bohai Sea drainage system ⓘ
ChineseName 海河 ⓘ
climateZone temperate monsoon climate ⓘ
country China ⓘ
drainageBasin Hai River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hai River Basin
drains part of the North China Plain ⓘ
environmentalIssue water pollution ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
flowsInto Bohai Sea ⓘ
flowsThrough Hebei ⓘ
surface form: Hebei Province

Tianjin ⓘ
surface form: Tianjin Municipality
formedByConfluenceOf Yongding River ⓘ
surface form: Beiyun River

Yongding River ⓘ
surface form: Chaobai River

Daqing River ⓘ
Yongding River ⓘ
Ziya River ⓘ
hasDelta Hai River Delta ⓘ
hasFloodRisk yes ⓘ
hasInfrastructure flood control levees ⓘ
water diversion projects ⓘ
hasPort Port of Tianjin ⓘ
hasTributary Beiyun River ⓘ
Chaobai River ⓘ
Daqing River ⓘ
Yongding River ⓘ
Ziya River ⓘ
importantFor agriculture ⓘ
regional water supply ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
length approximately 70 kilometers (main stem below Tianjin) ⓘ
locatedIn East Asia ⓘ
North China ⓘ
surface form: Northern China
majorRiverOf North China Plain ⓘ
managedBy Hai River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hai River Water Resources Commission
mouth Bohai Sea ⓘ
nearbyMajorCity Beijing ⓘ
partOf Hai River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hai River Basin water system
passesThrough Tianjin ⓘ
regionServed Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region ⓘ
surface form: Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region
riverBasinCountry China ⓘ
roleInEconomy supports industrial development in the Beijing–Tianjin region ⓘ
roleInHistory important waterway in the historical development of Tianjin ⓘ
sourceRegion Taihang Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Taihang Mountains (tributary headwaters)
usedFor irrigation ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
shipping ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marco Polo Bridge → crosses → Hai River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yongding River
Hai River → drainageBasin → Hai River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hai River Basin
Taihang Mountains → drainageTo → Hai River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hai River basin
North China Plain → drainedBy → Hai River ⓘ
Yan Mountains → formsWatershedFor → Hai River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hai River basin
Shandong → hasMajorRiver → Hai River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hai River (lower reaches influence)
Marco Polo Bridge → hasViewOf → Hai River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yongding River floodplain
this entity surface form: Yongding River
Hai River → managedBy → Hai River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hai River Water Resources Commission
Hai River → partOf → Hai River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hai River Basin water system
Bohai Sea → receivesRiver → Hai River ⓘ
Hebei → river → Hai River ⓘ
Hebei → river → Hai River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luan River
Hebei → river → Hai River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zhang River
Tianjin → river → Hai River ⓘ