Yellow River Delta and Bohai Rim
Yellow River Delta and Bohai Rim located at northern china around the Sea of Bo. This region has gone through major changes in economic and infrastructures. This emerging region is rising as one of Northern economic power house and would rival Pearl River Delta in south and Yangtze River Delta in east.
In recent decades, petroleum and natural gas deposits have been discovered in Bo Hai.
Geography
The gulf is formed by the Liaodong Peninsula to the northeast and the Shandong Peninsula to the south. Bo Hai consists of three bays: Laizhou Bay to the south, Liaodong Bay to the north, and Bohai Wan to the west. The rivers Huang He, Liao He, Hai He and Luan River empty into Bo Hai.
Bo Hai borders the Chinese provinces of Shandong, Liaoning, and Hebei, and Tianjin municipality. Port cities on Bo Hai coast include:
Hebei: Qinhuangdao, Tangshan
Liaoning: Dalian, Huludao, Jinzhou, Yingkou
Shandong: Longkou, Weihai, Yantai
Tianjin: Tanggu
Islands include: Zhifu Island, part of Yantai City, Shandong Province
Pollution
A Xinhua News Agency report in February, 2007, states: “Effluent has turned the sea a dark red and given it an acrid stench at Guanxi’s Silver Beach, a national tourist attraction. Local staff say it is not the first time this has happened – sometimes it occurs every few days. They blame the run-off from nearby shellfish processing plants.” [http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/832-China-s-water-resources-environmental-security-needed]
Jiaozhou Bay-Laizhou Bay Canal
In April 2004, an official of the Shandong province raised the possibility of constructing a canal between Jiaozhou Bay and Laizhou Bay as a means of easing the pollution problem in the Bo Hai. [http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/www.sd.xinhuanet.com/news/2007-07/12/content_10557525.htm] The proposed canal will also be open to ships traveling between Bo Hai and the Yellow Sea. A meeting held in Qingdao in October, 2006, was attended by more than a hundred members of academia.
Translation of "Yellow River Delta and Bohai Rim"
Spanish: Delta del río Amarillo y Mar de Bohai.
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