Wujia
Wujia is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 40.88°, 107.93°
About Wujia
The Wujia River (Chinese: 乌加河, 五加河) is a river in the Inner Mongolia of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern part of the river-loop plain in western Inner Mongolia. The ancient Yellow River in the Hetao region is the current Wujia River. According to Commentary on the Water Classic records, the Wujia River that flows north from Bayangol Town (巴彦高勒镇) was originally the main stem of the Yellow River. "Wujia River" means "One End of the River" (河的一端) or "Tip River" (尖河) in Mongolian.
Due to the elevation of the river bed, Wujia River ceased to flow around 1850, and the mainstream of the Yellow River moved south to the current channel. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, after the excavation of the irrigation channel in the Houtao (后套) was completed, Wujia River became a drainage canal. The remaining water was Ulansuhai Nur in the western part of the Urad Front Banner of Bayannaoer League (巴彦淖尔盟). There was a small drainage ditch (i.e. Wangliuzhao) connected with the Yellow River. The Wujia River has now become the main drainage channel of the Hetao Irrigation District.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Wujia River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Wujia: Quick Answers
- Where is Wujia?
- Wujia is located in China, at 40.8799° N, 107.9265° E.
- Are there dams on the Wujia?
- No dam on the Wujia is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.