Huangpu River
The Huangpu (ⓘ), formerly romanized as Whangpoo, is a 113 km-long (70 mi) river flowing north through Shanghai. The Bund and Lujiazui are located along the Huangpu River.
| Huangpu River Pu Jiang (浦江) Chunshen Jiang (春申江) Shen Jiang (申江) | |
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A view of the Huangpu River as it flows through downtown Shanghai. | |
Location of mouth in Shanghai | |
| Native name | 黄浦江 (Chinese) |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Municipality | Shanghai |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Dianshan Lake |
| • location | Qingpu, Shanghai, China |
| Mouth | Yangtze River |
• location | Baoshan, Shanghai, China |
• coordinates | 31°23′33″N 121°30′54″E |
| Length | 113 km (70 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 180 m3/s (6,400 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Suzhou Creek |
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| Simplified Chinese | 黄浦江 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 黃浦江 | ||||||||||||
| Postal | Whangpoo River | ||||||||||||
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The Huangpu is the biggest river in central Shanghai, with the Suzhou Creek being its major tributary. It is on average 400 m (1,312 ft) wide and 9 m (30 ft) deep, and divides the city into two regions: Puxi ("west of Huangpu"), the traditional city center, and Pudong ("east of Huangpu").
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