Tô Lịch River


Tô Lịch River is a small river, flowing in the territory of the Hanoi capital. Mainstream Tô Lịch river flows through the districts Cầu Giấy, Thanh Xuân, Hoàng Mai and Thanh Trì. It is also known as Đại Kim giang.

Name

The name Tô Lịch River is derived from the name of a god who was living in the Jin dominated the Jiaozhi. In the Tang, here there was the position of Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long building.

History

The Tô Lịch river in the past has been a distributary of the Red River, bringing water from upstream of the Red River to the middle of Nhuệ River. Towards the middle, it met West Lake and water from this lake was provided from there to the downstream. Đại nam nhất thống chí book wrote:

Features

Filled

Current

Currently Tô Lịch River begins in Nghĩa Đô ward, Cầu Giấy District, running the same direction as the Bưởi, Láng and Kim Giang road to the south, southwest and then turns to the southeast and flows to Nhuệ River.

Situation

Scheme to "clean" Tô Lịch river's water

After the historical floods in early November 2008, people in Hanoi have, since then, seen Tô Lịch river's water "clean" as it was in previous years. Before said floods, Tô Lịch river was diluted down the mud and waste by rainwater, rising yards, rolling flow and fishes. That flood had the Tô Lịch river's water cleaned within a few weeks.
In 2009, Hanoi had a scheme: use the Red River's water to wash Tô Lịch river's water. This project is regarded as "sub-scheme" first made the handling of three environmental issues most pressing in the area.