Swimming in the river is a tradition of the city. The river is normally green, but sometimes in summer, floods from the mountain areas upstream bring sediment which colors the water yellow. In early 2012, a cadmium spill upstream caused serious pollution worries.

The river can be deep. Normally, the depth is 60 - 70 m but can as deep as 90 m before it floods over the wall. In 2000 a bus, with 78 passengers, fell over the side of a bridge. There were no survivors.

Climate

Liuzhou has a humid subtropical climate

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