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] It was previously known by the French as the Canal des Rapides.

Đuống River
Thiên Đức River, Canal des Rapides
Đuống River look from Phù Đổng Bridge 2008.
Native nameSông Đuống (Vietnamese)
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; 106.30444
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 river features in the poem "On the Other Side of the Đuống River" by Hoàng Cầm.[2]

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  Media related to Duong River at Wikimedia Commons

  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 ..."