Dong River (China)

Dong River
The north branch of the Dong River, near where it converges with the main stream of the Pearl River, photographed from the Dong River Viaduct of S3 Guangzhou-Shenzhen Riverside Expressway, crossing boundary between Dongguan and Guangzhou.
Traditional Chinese東江
Simplified Chinese东江
PostalEast River
Literal meaningEast River
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDōng Jiāng
Wade–GilesTung1 Chiang1
Gan
RomanizationDung1gong1
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingDung1gong1
The Pearl River system. The Dong River is the easternmost tributary shown on the map.

The Dong River is the eastern tributary of the Pearl River in Guangdong province, southern China. The other two main tributaries of the Pearl River are the Xi River and the Bei River. The headwater is located in Mount Sanbai (三百山) in Anyuan County, Jiangxi.

The Dong River is a major source of water for megacities in Pearl River Delta, including Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou.[1] The Hong Kong Government has purchased Dong River water from Guangdong since 1965.[2] Over 70 percent of domestic water in Hong Kong is imported from the Dong River.[3] Its discharge totals roughly 807.5 cubic meters per second (28,520 cu ft/s).[4]

  1. ^ 廣東東江向廣州 深圳香港供水將限量
  2. ^ "Water from Dongjiang". Water Supplies Department, HKSAR, Water for a Barren Rock. Archived from the original on 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2006-04-15.
  3. ^ "Assured Water Supply" (PDF). Water Supplies Department, HKSAR, WSD Annual Report 2004-2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-20.
  4. ^ "Chapter 5: Plate D-6 —". Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2010-10-22.