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The Beijing municipal government has spent around 430 million yuan (US$57.3 million) diverting a river to replenish its Olympics rowing and canoeing venue, which has run dry. Water will be diverted 13 kilometres from the Wenyu River to the Chaobei River, which has run dry for nine consecutive years. The Olympic rowing and canoeing center in Shunyi was built especially for next August's Games and features a three-kilometre rowing lake which holds 1.7 million cubic metres of water. The diversion project will improve the environment and scenery around the venue during the Olympics.