🚢 Dujiangyan

People's Republic of China · Asia · 31.01°N, 103.60°E

The Dujiangyan is an ancient hydraulic engineering system in Dujiangyan City, Sichuan, China. Originally constructed around 256 BC by the State of Qin as an irrigation and flood control project, it is still in use today. The system's infrastructure develops on the Min River (Minjiang), one of the longest tributaries of the Yangtze. The area is in the west part of the Chengdu Plain, between the Sichuan Basin and the Tibetan Plateau.

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Country	People's Republic of China
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	31.01°N, 103.60°E · view on map

Dujiangyan is located in People's Republic of China, in Asia.

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