Ying River

{{Short description|River in People's Republic of China}}

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| name = Ying River

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| image = ShayingRiver Zhoukou.jpg

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| image_caption = The Shaying River at Zhoukou

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| subdivision_name1 = China

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| length = {{convert|557|km|mi|abbr=on}}辞海第六版 Cihai Ed. 6. (in Chinese) Shanghai. 2009. pp. 2754. "颍河(...)长557千米" (translation: Ying River(...)is 557 km long)

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| source1 = Henan

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| mouth = Huai River (淮河)

| mouth_location = Zhengyang County, Henan, China

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The Ying River ({{zh|t={{linktext|潁|河|}}|s={{linktext|颍|河|}}|p=Yǐng Hé|c=}}) is the largest tributary of the Huai River with its origin in Henan Province, People's Republic of China.{{cite book|author=Jing,Zhengshu|title=Encyclopedia of Rivers and Lakes in China (Huaihe River Basin Volume)|type=M |edition=1 |location=Beijing |publisher=China Water Conservancy and Hydropower Press|date=2012 |pages=289|language=zh|id= {{ISBN|978-7517005636}}}} From Zhoukou City in Henan, the river flows through Fuyang City in Anhui Province then empties into the Huai River at Zhengyang.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ahsl.gov.cn/content/web_view.php?id=10890&ty=30|title=Anhui Water Conservancy Bureau: Huai River Drainage System – Ying River (安徽省水利廳. 淮河水系－潁河.)|publisher=Anhui Water Conservatory Portal (安徽水利信息網) |language=zh|date=December 22, 2008|access-date=February 5, 2012}}

Seriously polluted along its entire length, in 2007 the Ying River's water quality was rated as below Grade 5 by the Chinese Environmental Protection Agency.{{Cite web|url=http://big5.china.com.cn/photo/txt/2007-03/11/content_7937785.htm|title=Grade Five Polluted Ying River Covered with White Foam (潁河全線水質劣五類 河面被白色泡沫覆蓋)|publisher=ChinaFotoPress|language=zh|date=March 11, 2007|access-date=February 6, 2012}}