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The Dadu River , a tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
 of the Yangtze, also known as the Tatu River, is located in the Sichuan
Sichuan

is a Province in western China proper with its capital in Chengdu. The current name of the province, ?? , is an abbreviation of ??? , or "Four circuit #Circuits in East Asia of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from ???? , or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the existing circuit into four during the Song...
 province of China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. The river is noted for being crossed by the Luding Bridge
Luding Bridge

Luding Bridge is a bridge over the Dadu River in Luding County, Garz? Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China, located about 80 kilometers west of the city of Ya'an....
, a historically important bridge. It was the site of a famous battle by the Chinese communists over Nationalist troops during the Long March.

The Kangding Louding earthquake of 1786 caused a landslide dam
Landslide dam

A landslide dam,debris dam, barrier lake or quake lake if it is caused by earthquake, is a natural damming of a river by some kind of mass wasting: landslide, debris flow, rock avalanche or volcano....
 in the Dadu. Ten days later, 10 June 1786, the dam broke and the resulting flood extended 1400km downstream, and killed 100,000 people.






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The Dadu River , a tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
 of the Yangtze, also known as the Tatu River, is located in the Sichuan
Sichuan

is a Province in western China proper with its capital in Chengdu. The current name of the province, ?? , is an abbreviation of ??? , or "Four circuit #Circuits in East Asia of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from ???? , or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the existing circuit into four during the Song...
 province of China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. The river is noted for being crossed by the Luding Bridge
Luding Bridge

Luding Bridge is a bridge over the Dadu River in Luding County, Garz? Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China, located about 80 kilometers west of the city of Ya'an....
, a historically important bridge. It was the site of a famous battle by the Chinese communists over Nationalist troops during the Long March.

The Kangding Louding earthquake of 1786 caused a landslide dam
Landslide dam

A landslide dam,debris dam, barrier lake or quake lake if it is caused by earthquake, is a natural damming of a river by some kind of mass wasting: landslide, debris flow, rock avalanche or volcano....
 in the Dadu. Ten days later, 10 June 1786, the dam broke and the resulting flood extended 1400km downstream, and killed 100,000 people. It is the second-deadliest landslide disaster on record.

A song from the Chinese musical
Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece ? humor, pathos, love, anger ? as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole....
 The East Is Red
The East Is Red

"The East Is Red" is a song that was the de facto anthem of the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. The lyrics of the song were attributed to Li Youyuan, a farmer from northern Shaanxi, and the melody was derived from a local folk song....
 is entitled "Across the Dadu River."

There is also a Dadu River in Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
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