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Qiantang
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Qiantang, river, China: see Fuchun Fuchun or Qiantang , river, 285 mi (459 km) long, Zhejiang prov., SE China. An important commercial artery, it flows NE to the East China Sea at Hangzhou. The tide rushing into the river from the bay causes a bore from 5 to 15 ft (1.5–4.
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The eclipse's totality is likely to last for five minutes and 40 seconds at the Qiantang River, a three-hour drive from Shanghai - and there, Wendy Wu will build a massive viewing platform, with guest astronomers on hand to explain what's happening.
SEE the longest total eclipse of the century; the Earth slips into the Moon's shadow to create five minutes and 40 seconds of twilight over Eastern China on July 22, and Wendy Wu Tours offers four different locations to see it on the banks of the Qiantang River.
It is located on the lower reaches of Qiantang River in southeast China, at a distance of 180 kilometers from Shanghai.
 
 
 
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