Dong River (China)

	Dong River
	Dong River in Heyuan
Traditional Chinese	東江
Simplified Chinese	东江
Postal	East River
Literal meaning	East River
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dōng Jiāng
Gan
Romanization	dung1gong1
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	dung1gong1

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The Pearl River system. 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 Pearl River are Xi River and 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 Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Government has purchased Dong River water from Guangdong since 1965.^[1] Over 70% of domestic water in Hong Kong is imported from the Dong River.^[2] Its discharge is about 807.5 cubic metres per second (28,520 cu ft/s).^[3]

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Dong River (China)

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