Pudu River

Pudu River (普渡河)
Tanglang River
River
Tanglang River near Haikou，Kunming
Country	China
State	Yunnan
Part of	Jinsha River
Tributaries
- left	Mingyi River, Zhangjiu River
- right	Xima River
Cities	Kunming City, Anning City, Fumin County
Source	Mount Liangwang
- location	Dashao Township，Songming County
- coordinates
Mouth	Jinsha River
- location	Zehei Township，Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County
- coordinates
Length	363.6 km (226 mi) approx.
Basin	11,657 km2 (4,501 sq mi) approx.
Discharge
- average	91.2 m3/s (3,221 cu ft/s)

The Pudu River (Chinese: 普渡河; pinyin: Pǔdù Hé) is a major river in Yunnan Province in southwest China. The source of Pudu River is located in Songming County; the headwater stream is called Muyang River (Chinese: 牧羊河; pinyin: Mùyáng Hé). The river runs southwards through Kunming and then it is called the Panlong River, where-after it flows into Dian Lake at the south of Kunming. The outlet of Dian Lake is on the southwest of shore, then formed Tanglang Creek (Chinese: 螳螂川; pinyin: Tángláng Chuān). The river runs northward through Anning City and Fumin County, then called Pudu River. It joins Jinsha River at northeast of Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County. The river is about 363.6 kilometres long.

The name Pudu (普渡） is a slogan from Buddhism Classics, literally "helping people get out of sorrows and troubles". Some people also believe that "Pudu" here actually refers to "a ferry ran by Pu's family". This river shares same Chinese characters with the Chinese name of Purdue University, but obviously they are never related to each other.