Dong River (China)
| Dong River | |
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Map of the Dong River and its tributaries | |
| Native name | |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guangdong, Jiangxi |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Dayu Mountains |
| • location | Xunwu County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi |
| • coordinates | 25°07′05″N 115°35′09″E / 25.11813°N 115.58582°E |
| • elevation | 2,000 ft (610 m) |
| Mouth | Pearl River |
• location | Machong Town, Dongguan, Guangdong |
• coordinates | 23°02′19″N 113°31′17″E / 23.03861°N 113.52134°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 523 km (325 mi) |
| Basin size | 35,340 km2 (13,640 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 807.5 m3/s (28,520 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Nangang River, Xifu River, Zeng River, Jinshui River, Shahe River, Xiaojin River, Xihe River, Xinfeng River, Yutan River, Jiuqu River, Dutian River, Mati River |
| • right | Hanxi River, Shima River, Xizhi River, Yirong River, Baipu River, Honggang River, Sishui River |
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| Traditional Chinese | 東江 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 东江 | ||||||||||||||||
| Postal | East River | ||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | East River | ||||||||||||||||
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The Dong River is the easternmost main tributary of the Pearl River, flowing through Guangdong and Jiangxi in southern China. It's source is Mount Yajibo in Xunwu County in Jiangxi. Since 1960, water from the Dong has also been exported to Hong Kong.