Dong Jiang
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Dong Jiang East River |
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 The river system of the Pearl River. |
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| location | Guangdong ( PR China ) | |
| River system | Pearl river | |
| Drain over | Pearl River → South China Sea | |
| Confluence of |
Jiuqu He and Laocheng Shui 24 ° 41 ′ 32 ″ N , 115 ° 11 ′ 48 ″ E |
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| muzzle | in Dongguan in the Pearl River Coordinates: 23 ° 2 '12 " N , 113 ° 31' 3" E 23 ° 2 '12 " N , 113 ° 31' 3" E
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| length | 523 km | |
| Catchment area | 32,000 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Qiuxiang Jiang , Xizhi Jiang | |
| Right tributaries | Xinfeng Jiang , Zeng Jiang | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Fengshuba Reservoir | |
| Big cities | Heyuan , Huizhou , Dongguan | |
 Dong Jiang near the confluence with the Pearl River , between Dongguan and Guangzhou 2016 |
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The Dong Jiang , also Dongjiang ( Chinese 東江 / 东江 , Pinyin Dōng Jiāng , Jyutping Dung 1 Gong 1 - "East River") is a 523 km long tributary of the Pearl River in southern China .
It rises in the mountainous south of China , in the southern Chinese province of Jiangxi , flows mainly in western directions and flows into the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) at Humen in the district-free city of Dongguan , about 50 km south of Guangzhou (Canton ). Its catchment area covers around 32,000 km².
Trivia
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has been getting water from Dong Jiang for its own drinking water supply since 1961. According to a new agreement dated June 1, 1982, this proportion for the supply of Hong Kong's drinking water rose again sharply. With this measure, the Hong Kong government ended the water rationing that had been necessary for 60 years during the months of the city's water scarcity.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Water From Dongjiang at Guangdong: (Chinese, English) The Major Source of Supply ( Memento of January 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), January 1, 2010. In: www.wsd.gov.hk, accessed on May 6, 2019 - online