Buliu River (Chinese: 布柳河; pinyin: bùliǔhé) or Buliuhe is a river beginning with the convergence of the Yuli and Anxiang rivers in Lingyun County and flowing a northeasterly direction before ultimately joining the Hongshui River just before the Longtan Dam. It is crossed by the Xianren Bridge (仙人桥; 'Fairy Bridge'), a rock formation representing the world's longest natural bridge, as well as the Buliuhe River Bridge, one of the highest bridges in the world.
Buliu River | |
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Location | |
Country | China |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Yuli River |
2nd source | Anxiang River |
Source confluence | |
• location | Lingyun County, Guangxi, China |
• coordinates | 24°30′17.5″N 106°37′15.9″E / 24.504861°N 106.621083°E |
Mouth | Hongshui River |
• location | Tian'e County, Guangxi, China |
• coordinates | 25°01′55.2″N 107°02′19.9″E / 25.032000°N 107.038861°E |
Length | 183 km (114 mi) |
Basin size | 2,775 km2 (1,071 sq mi) |
The river's name comes from the Zhuang words "bu" meaning natural spring, and "liu" meaning alcohol, alluding to a legend asserting that the river was formed by a spring of alcohol.
References
edit- "Guangxi Attractions". Archived from the original on 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-11-03.