Dong River (China)

Dong River
File:Dong River Downstream - S3 Expressway.jpg The north branch of the Dong River, near where it converges with the main stream of the Pearl River, photographed from the Dong River Viaduct of S3 Guangzhou-Shenzhen Riverside Expressway, crossing boundary between Dongguan and Guangzhou.
Traditional Chinese	東江
Simplified Chinese	东江
Postal	East River
Literal meaning	East River
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dōng Jiāng Wade–Giles Tung1 Chiang1 Gan Romanization Dung1gong1 Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Dung1gong1

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The Pearl River system. The 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 the Pearl River are the Xi River and the 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 megacities in Pearl River Delta, including Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou. The Hong Kong Government has purchased Dong River water from Guangdong since 1965. Over 70 percent of domestic water in Hong Kong is imported from the Dong River. Its discharge totals roughly 807.5 cubic meters per second (28,520 cu ft/s).

Historical findings

A dinosaur egg fossil dated back to the Late Cretaceous was discovered by primary school student named Zhang Yangzhe while playing near the Dong River in 2019 in July. The boy's mother, Li Xiaofang, later contacted the Heyuan Dinosaur Museum members, and under their excavation guidance more than 10 dinosaur egg fossils each about 9 centimeters in diameter and dating back to 66 million years were revealed.

Places along the river include

Dong River in Heyuan

Dongjiang in Heyuan

• Ganzhou, Jiangxi
  • Anyuan
  • Xunwu
• Heyuan, Guangdong
  • Longchuan
  • Dongyuan
  • Yuancheng District
• Huizhou
  • Boluo
  • Huicheng District
• Dongguan

See also

• Pearl River Delta
• Geography of China
• List of rivers in China