The city center also sits on the southern bank of the middle Songhua River.
The climax of the story is set on an island in the Songhua River.
This week, the central government announced plans to spend an additional $3 billion to clean up the Songhua River.
Its exact location is not known but it was not very far from the Songhua River.
The second Songhua River crosses the city, which makes it one of the few not completely developed riverside cities in the nation.
More amazing is winter swimming in the Songhua River, not for the faint of heart.
A swing saw is used to cut ice out from the frozen surface of the Songhua River.
During the incident a large discharge of nitrobenzene went into the Songhua River.
Harbin, which is another city along the Songhua River, had to cut the water supply from almost 4 million people, for 5 days.
It is also dependent on the Songhua River for its water supply.
