The location of

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

, adjacent to the coast, is not close to the system of major

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

s in southern China, though the water to the west of Hong Kong is influenced by Pearl River. In 1,103 km² of land, the territory is largely hilly with over 200 islands. Because of this, the terrain can nurture relatively shorter and smaller rivers in Hong Kong than in southern China. Historically, these rivers once sustained

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for the need of population before the age of developing

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s. Many rivers can be found in the

New Territories The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...

, especially in the areas north of Tai Mo Shan, where rice growing and fish farming were once everywhere amidst several river systems.

Kowloon and New Kowloon

Hong Kong Island

New Territories

Mainland

Lantau Island

External links

A partial list of rivers in Hong Kong
- in Chinese {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivers and nullahs in Hong Kong *