Subterranean rivers in Hong Kong

Many places in Hong Kong got their names from rivers.[1][2] With urban development, many of these rivers are converted into sewers, as it is difficult to stop them flowing downhill. According to the scholar Steve R. Hencher and his coauthors, "Subsurface erosion due to concentrated underground water flow is quite common in weathered rock and colluvial terrain in Hong Kong and the adverse effect on slope stability has long been recognised."[3]

List of subterranean rivers

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hong Kong's Lost Streams – Part 1: The Disappearance of Urban Streams". City Unseen. 2024-08-28. Archived from the original on 2026-03-09. Retrieved 2026-03-09.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong's Lost Streams – Part 2: Rivers Lost in Plain Sight". City Unseen. 2024-09-16. Archived from the original on 2026-03-09. Retrieved 2026-03-09.
  3. ^ Hencher, Steve R.; Sun, H. W.; Ho, K. K. S. (2008). "The investigation of underground streams in a weathered granite terrain in Hong Kong" (PDF). In Huang, An-Bin; Mayne, Paul W. (eds.). Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 601–607. ISBN 978-0-415-46936-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2026-03-09. Retrieved 2026-03-09.


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