Dong River (China)
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. History Water exports In the early 1960s, the increasing demand of fresh water in Hong Kong was increasing due to a growing population. The government saw that the most efficient way to fulfill the unmet water needs was through the fresh water sources in neighboring Guangdong. On November 15th, 1960, The government reached an agreement with Guangdong authorities to take 23 million cubic meters of water a year from the Shenzhen Reservoir, which itself was connected to the Dong River. Later, additional pumping stations and dam works were built to further extend the supply. The new annual volume of water increased to 620 million cubic meters. More extensions in 1990 upgraded existing stations, leading to a new volume of 1.7 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dongguan
Dongguan,; pinyin: alternately romanized via Cantonese as Tungkun, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and the Pearl River to the west. It is part of the Pearl River Delta built-up (or metro) area with more than 65.57 million inhabitants as of the 2020 census spread over nine municipalities across an area of . Dongguan's city administration is considered especially progressive in seeking foreign direct investment. Dongguan ranks behind only Shenzhen, Shanghai and Suzhou in exports among Chinese cities, with $65.54 billion in shipments. It is also home to one of the world's largest shopping malls, the New South China Mall, [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Xihe River
Xihe is the atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of various Chinese names. It may refer to: Mythology *Xihe (deity) (), a Chinese solar deity Science * Chinese H-alpha Solar Explorer, or Xihe, a solar observatory Places * Xihe Commentary (西河郡), a former commentary of imperial China around Fenyang, Shanxi *Xihe District (细河区), a district in Fuxin, Liaoning, China *Xihe County (西和县), a county in Gansu, China *HD 173416 (star), Constellation Lyra; a G8-type giant star; named after the Chinese solar deity Towns * Xihe, Chongqing (西河), in Tongliang County, Chongqing, China * Xihe, Yongjing County (西河), in Yongjing County, Gansu, China * Xihe, Dabu County (西河), in Dabu County, Guangdong, China * Xihe, Shaoguan (西河), in Wujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China * Xihe, Guangxi (西河), in Mengshan County, Guangxi, China * Xihe, Heilongjiang (西河), in Keshan County, Heilongjiang, China * Xihe, Suizhou (), in Zengdu District, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mount Yajibo
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England People * Mount (surname) * William L. Mounts (1862–1929), American lawyer and politician Computing and software * Mount (computing), the process of making a file system accessible * Mount (Unix), the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems Books * ''Mount!'', a 2016 novel by Jilly Cooper Displays and equipment * Mount, a fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a hardpoint on an airframe * Mounting board, in picture framing * Mount, a hanging scroll for mounting paintings * Mount, to display an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore, e.g.: ** To pin a biological specimen, on a heavy backing in a stretched stable position for ease of dissection or display ** To prepare dead anim ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sishui River , a city in Indonesia, written as 泗水 for Chinese
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Sishui may refer to the following in China: *Sishui County (泗水县), in Shandong *Si River, or Sishui (泗水), river in Shandong * Sishui Pass (汜水关), or Hulao Pass, mountain pass in Henan *Sishui, Postal Romanization for Xishui County, Hubei * Sishui Kingdom (泗水國), kingdom of Han dynasty * Sishui Commandery (泗水郡), commandery of Qin dynasty ;Towns * Sishui, Gulang County (泗水镇), in Gulang County, Gansu * Sishui, Gaozhou (泗水镇), Guangdong * Sishui, Pingyuan County, Guangdong (泗水镇), town * Sishui, Xingyang (汜水镇), Henan * Sishui, Sishui County (泗水镇), Shandong See also * Shisui, Kumamoto, a town in Japan *Surabaya Surabaya is the capital city of East Java Provinces of Indonesia, province and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern corner of Java island, on the Madura Strai ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Honggang River
Honggang District () is a district of the city of Daqing, Heilongjiang Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the Amur and Us ... province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions Honggang District is divided into 5 subdistricts and 1 township. ;5 subdistricts * Honggang (), Babaishang (), Xingnan (), Jiefang (), Chuangye () ;1 town * Xingshugang () Notes and references Administrative Division Code : 230605,Post Code : 163511, Phone Area Code :0459, The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 黑E, The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 230605 External links *Government site - Honggang Daqing {{Heilongjiang-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Baipu River
The Blang people (known in China as Bulang; ) or Plang () are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live in the areas of southern China, and parts of Myanmar and Thailand. There are estimated 1,200 of them in Thailand, living mostly in Chiang Rai province with some emigrated to work as laborers and settle in Nakhon Pathom province and in Greater Bangkok. Names Yan & Zhou (2012:147)Yan Qixiang ��其香& Zhou Zhizhi ��植志(2012). ''Mon-Khmer languages of China and the Austroasiatic family'' ��国孟高棉语族语言与南亚语系 Beijing: Social Sciences Academy Press Social Sciences Literature Press. list the following autonyms of ethnic Bulang in various counties. *' (布朗): in Xishuangbanna *' (阿佤): in Shuangjiang and Lancang counties *' (乌德尔): some Bulang of Shuangjiang; means 'mountain people' *' (乌): in Yongde (' in Gantang 甘塘), Zhenkang, Shidian (' in Hazhai 哈寨 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Xizhi River
Xizhi () is an inner city district in eastern New Taipei City in northern Taiwan, and is located between Taipei City and Keelung City. Compared to most districts in eastern New Taipei, which are very sparsely populated, Xizhi is one of the more populated districts in New Taipei, with a population of 207,004 people as of February 2023. Xizhi grew quickly during the 1980s and 1990s, and is home to many of Taiwan's major electronics companies, such as Acer, Garmin (Asia), Coiler, Lanner Electronics and DFI. Name origin The district's old name ''Tsui-tng-ka'' () refers to the fact that the tide from the Keelung River stops at Xizhi and goes back to the sea. During Japanese rule, the place name was changed to and was under Shichisei District, Taihoku Prefecture. This is the source of the current name. History The area was originally called Kypanas ( Basay: ''Kippanas'') () by the indigenous Ketagalan people. In 1758, Han immigrants built a settlement () near the area. In ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shima River
Shima may refer to: Places , Japan * Shima Province (志摩), one of the old provinces of Japan * Shima, Fukuoka (志摩), a former town in Fukuoka Prefecture * Shima, Mie (志摩), a city in Mie Prefecture ** Shima, Mie (town), a former town in Mie Prefecture that merged with its neighbors to become Shima City Shima (石马镇), China * Shima, Dazu County, in Dazu County, Chongqing * Shima, Meizhou, in Xingning City, Meizhou City, Guangdong * Shima, Yongfeng County, in Yongfeng County, Jiangxi * Shima, Zibo, in Boshan District, Zibo, Shandong * Shima, Mianyang, in Youxian District, Mianyang, Sichuan * Shima, Cangxi County, in Cangxi County, Sichuan Elsewhere *Shim'a, West Bank People * Shima (surname), a Japanese surname * Shima (given name), a given name * Queen Shima, the queen of Kalingga kingdom, , Central Java * Shima Iwashita () * ''Mr. Shima'' (stage name), the ringname for Japanese pro-wrestler Akio Sato (wrestler) Other uses * ''Shima'' (film), a 2007 film f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hanxi River
Hanxi may refer to: * Hanxi Subdistrict, a subdistrict of Hanjiang District, Putian, Fujian, China * Han opera, a Chinese opera genre from Hubei, formerly known as ''Hanxi'' *Han River (Taiwan) The Han River ( zh, t=旱溪, p=Hànxī, lit. "dry creek") is a river located in Taichung, Taiwan. The river flows southwards from Gonglaoping in Fengyuan District until it joins the Dali River near Provincial Highway 74 in Dali District. Eve ..., a river in Taichung, Taiwan * Yilan Creole Japanese, a Japanese-based creole in Yilan, Taiwan, also known as Hanxi language See also * Hanxi Changlong station, a Guangzhou Metro station in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mati River, Guangdong
Mati may refer to: Geography *Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines, a city ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Mati ** Mati Protected Landscape, a protected area in Davao Oriental, Philippines ** Mati Airport, Davao Oriental, Philippines *Mati, a barangay in San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines * Mati, Greece, a holiday resort village on the east coast of the Attica region, 29 kilometres east of Athens * Mati, Nepal, a village development committee in Dolakha District, Janakpur Zone * Mati, Lucknow, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Mati (Maya), a river in Far East Russia * Mati (Adriatic Sea), a river in Albania * Mat (region), a region in Albania People * Mati (given name) * Fred Mbiti Gideon Mati (), Kenyan politician Other uses * Ma-Ti, character from the ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' TV series * Moscow State Aviation Technological University (MATI) * Mati Community College, Davao Oriental, Philippines *''Mati'', original title of the 1977 film '' Beyond Reason'' * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |