Traditional Chinese 東江 Postal East River Hanyu Pinyin Length 523 km | Simplified Chinese 东江 Literal meaning East River Romanization dung1gong1 | |
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Similar Bei River, Han River (Guangdong), Gui River | ||
The Dong River is the eastern tributary of the Pearl River in Guangdong province, southern China. The other two main tributaries of Pearl River are Xi River and Bei River. The headwater is located in Mount Sanbai (三百山) in Anyuan County, Jiangxi.
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Map of East River, China
The Dong River is a major source of water for Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Government has purchased Dong River water from Guangdong since 1965. Over 70% of domestic water in Hong Kong is imported from the Dong River. Its discharge is about 807.5 cubic metres per second (28,520 cu ft/s).
Places along the river include
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Dong River (China) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA