Đuống River

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Sông Đuống
Sông Thiên Đức
Duong River from Phu Dong Bridge.JPG
Duong River look from Phu Dong Bridge 2008.
Location
CountryVietnam
Tỉnh, thànhHà Nội, Bắc Ninh
Physical characteristics
SourceCửa Dâu Junction
 • locationXuân Canh, Đông Anh District, Hanoi, Vietnam
 • coordinates21°4′51″N 105°50′41″E / 21.08083°N 105.84472°E / 21.08083; 105.84472
MouthMỹ Lộc Junction
 • location
Trung Kênh, Lương Tài District, Bắc Ninh Province, Vietnam
 • coordinates
21°3′21″N 106°18′16″E / 21.05583°N 106.30444°E / 21.05583; 106.30444Coordinates: 21°3′21″N 106°18′16″E / 21.05583°N 106.30444°E / 21.05583; 106.30444
Length68 km (42 mi)
Discharge 
 • locationThượng Cát
 • average880 m3/s (31,000 cu ft/s)
 • maximum9,000 m3/s (320,000 cu ft/s)

The Đuống River (Vietnamese: Sông Đuống), also known as the Thiên Đức River, is a river of Vietnam. It flows for 68 kilometres (42 mi) through Bắc Ninh Province and Hanoi.[1]

The river features in the poem "On the Other Side of the Đuống River" by Hoàng Cầm.[2]

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  1. ^ Vietnam Administrative Atlas, NXB Bản Đồ, 2004
  2. ^ Kim Ngoc Bao Ninh A World Transformed: The Politics of Culture in Revolutionary ... 2002 - Page 133 "Hoàng Cầm, well known for his heartbreaking poem "On the Other Side of the Đuống River," which detailed his village's devastation during the anti-French resistance, had become the director of the National Theater Troupe in 1955. He, too ..."


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