Tangyuan River and Forest Transition

The Yintang irrigation area draws water from the Tangwang River. Construction began in 1958, and the gravity-fed system now serves 225,000 mu of farmland. Its scale has earned it a place in regional memory as a major public works project in Heilongjiang.

Tangyuan River and Forest Transition

Tangyuan: Rivers from the Forested Hills to the Plain

Tangyuan sits between the eastern Xiaoxing’anling and the Sanjiang Plain. Its many tributaries, lowland ponds and a mid-century irrigation project show how forest, river and cultivated land fit together.

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