Songhua
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade-Giles) Sung-hua
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 松花 (sōnghuā) in 松花江 (Sōnghuā Jiāng).
Proper noun
Songhua
- A river in Northeast China which is the longest tributary of the Amur.
- Apr 2003, Yu, S. et al., “Factor Analysis and Dynamics of Water Quality of the Songhua River, Northeast China”, in Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, volume 144, number 1, page 159-169:
- The water quality of the Songhua River (Northeast China) was of concern, especially in the 1980s and early 1990s, and there were many studies carried out on this aspect. However, only one or several independent water quality indices were used to consider the effects of pollutants on the water quality, for instance, heavy metal and toxic organic pollutants. The combined effects of multiple indices were seldom studied. In this article, based on the environmental monitoring data, the water quality of the Songhua River was analyzed using factor analysis, which comprehensively considered six indices of water quality of each monitoring section.
- May 2020, Zarykhta, V.V. et al., “Differential Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Soft Tissues of Three Bivalvian Species from the Songhua River near Harbin (China)”, in Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology, volume 56, number 2, page 125-132:
- The study site of the Songhua River is located in the Heilongjiang Province on the territory of Northern China. The Songhua flows from south west to northeast near the center of Harbin, having a length of about 50 km within the city. The Songhua is a plains river with a sandy bottom and meandering bed. The fairway width ranges from 400 to 800 m, depth from 2 to 12 m. Bottom sediments of the Songhua nearby Harbin, as compared to other rivers and lakes of Northern China, contain particularly high concentrations of Pb, Zn and Ni, as well as appreciable levels of Cd and As [6, 12].
Synonyms
- (dated) Sungari
Translations
river of Northeast China
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