25°35′56″N 110°41′23″E / 25.59889°N 110.68972°E
| Lingqu | |
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| Location | Xing'an County, Guangxi |
| Country | China |
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| Length | 36.4 km (22.6 miles) |
The Lingqu (simplified Chinese: 灵渠; traditional Chinese: 靈渠; pinyin: Líng Qú) is a canal in Xing'an County, near Guilin, in the northwestern corner of Guangxi, China.
It connects the Xiang River (which flows north into the Yangtze) with the Li River (which flows south into the Gui River and Xijiang), and thus is part of a historical waterway between the Yangtze and the Pearl River Delta. It was the first canal in the world to connect two river valleys and enabled boats to travel 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) inland from Beijing to Pearl River Delta.[1] It is also one of the most well-preserved such projects in the world.[2]
The canal is 36.4 kilometres (22.6 mi) long.[3]
- ^ The first contour transport canal (PDF), UNESCO Courier, Oct 1988
- ^ Chen, Anze; Ng, Young; Zhang, Erkuang; Tian, Mingzhong, eds. (2020), "Lingqu Canal", Dictionary of Geotourism, Singapore: Springer, pp. 349–350, doi:10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_1406, ISBN 978-981-13-2538-0, retrieved 2023-09-27
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