Bei River (北江; literally "The North River";
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...
: ''Běi Jiāng'';
wade-giles: ''Pei
3 Chiang
1'';
jyutping
The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme, also known as Jyutping, is a romanisation system for Cantonese developed in 1993 by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK).
The name ''Jyutping'' (itself the Jyutping ro ...
: ''Bak
1 Gong
1'', literally "North River") is the northern
tributary
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of the
Pearl River
The Pearl River (, or ) is an extensive river system in southern China. "Pearl River" is often also used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Pearl tributaries within Guangdong, specifically the Xi ('west'), Bei ('north'), and Dong ( ...
in southern
China
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. The other two main tributaries of the Pearl River are the
Xi Jiang
The Xi River (; ) or Si-Kiang is the western tributary of the Pearl River in southern China. It is formed by the confluence of the Gui and Xun Rivers in Wuzhou, Guangxi. It originates from the eastern foot of the Maxiong Mountain in Quji ...
and the
Dong Jiang
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 ...
.
The Bei River is long, and is located in northern
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
.
See also
*
Pearl River Delta
The Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary, where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. Referred to as the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area in official documents, ...
*
Geography of China
*
List of rivers of Asia
This is a List of rivers of Asia. It includes major, notable rivers in Asia. Alphabetical order
*Amu Darya - Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan - Aral Sea
*Amur - Northeastern China, Russia (Siberia) - Sea of Okhotsk
* Angara
* Argun River ( ...
References
Rivers of Guangdong
Tributaries of the Pearl River (China)
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