Pearl River
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| Pearl River (珠江) Canton River (粤江; 粵江) | |
|---|---|
Lạng Sơn | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | various sources of its tributaries |
| Mouth | South China Sea |
• location | and Guangdong |
| Length | 2,400 km (1,500 mi) |
| Basin size | 453,700 km2 (175,200 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 9,500 m3/s (340,000 cu ft/s)[2] |
| • maximum | 34,000 m3/s (1,200,000 cu ft/s) |
| Pearl River | |
|---|---|
Hanyu Pinyin | Zhūjiāng |
| IPA | [ʈʂú tɕjáŋ] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Jyūgōng |
| Jyutping | Zyu1 Gong1 |
| IPA | [tsyː˥ kɔːŋ˥] |
| Canton River | |
|---|---|
Hanyu Pinyin | Yuèjiāng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Yuhtgōng |
| Jyutping | Jyut6 Gong1 |
| IPA | [jyːt̚˨ kɔːŋ˥] |
The Pearl River (
Lạng Sơn provinces. The Pearl River is famed as the river that flows through Guangzhou
.
As well as referring to the system as a whole, the Pearl River name is applied to a specific branch within it. This Pearl River is the widest
Pearl River Estuary, the Bocca Tigris separates Shiziyang in the north, Lingdingyang in the south, and Jiuzhouyang at the southern tip of the estuary surrounded by the Wanshan Archipelago. This bay separates Macau and Zhuhai from Hong Kong and Shenzhen
.
The name "Pearl River" comes from the pearl-colored shells that lie within the Pearl's riverbed as it flows through the city of Guangzhou. A 500 kV power line, suspended from three of the tallest pylons in the world, crosses the river near the Nansha Bridge.
Image gallery
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Looking over the Xi River ("West River") fromGaoyao -
Pearl River at night, Guangzhou -
Humen Pearl River Bridge viewed from Zhenyuan Fort -
Settlements
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Crossings
|
- Guangzhou Bridge
- Haiyin Bridge
- Haizhu Bridge
- Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
- Huanan Bridge
- Humen Pearl River Bridge
- Hedong Bridge
- Huangpu Bridge
- Jiangwan Bridge
- Jiefang Bridge
- Nansha Bridge
- Pazhou Bridge
- Renmin Bridge
- Shiziyang Tunnel
- Xinguang Bridge
- Yajisha Bridge
- Shenzhen–Zhongshan Bridge (under construction)
Tributaries
In culture
Numerous brands are named after the river. The
Zhujiang Brewery
in Guangzhou is one of the three largest domestic breweries in China, and Pearl River Bridge is a popular food manufacturer in the city.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pearl River (China).
- List of rivers in China
- Geography of China
- Ship lifts in China
- List of rivers of Hong Kong
- Pearl River Sources
Notes
References
- ^ "珠江概况". 珠江水利网. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- ^ "Chapter 5: Plate D-6 — GES DISC: Goddard Earth Sciences, Data & Information Services Center". Disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
| Yangtze system | |
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| Yellow system | |
Pearl system | |
| Heilongjiang system | |
| Huai system | |
| Hai system | |
| Liao system | |
| Other major rivers | |
| Major canals | |
