Pearl River
The Pearl River 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, Bei, and Dong.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in China
- Also known as: “Chu Chiang”, “Chu Kiang”, “Chu River”, “Chu-kiang River”, “Da River”, “Great River”, “Kuang-tung Ho”, “Perl Strom”, “River Canton”, “River Chu”, “River Ta”, “River Yue”, “River Zhu”, “Ta River”, “Yue River”, “Zhu Jiang”, “Zhu River”, and “Zhujiang River”
- Historically known as: “Canton River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nansha Tianhou Temple and Humen Great Bridge.
Humen Great Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Hinnne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Humen Bridge, also known as Humen Pearl River Bridge, is a bridge over the Humen, Pearl River in Guangdong Province, southern China. It consists of two main spans — a suspension bridge section and a segmental concrete section. Humen Great Bridge is situated 4 km northwest of Pearl River.
Nansha Passenger Port
Metro station
Photo: Nissangeniss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nansha Passenger Port station is a station and the southern terminus of Line 4 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 28 December 2017. Nansha Passenger Port is situated 3 km west of Pearl River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Humen Town and Nansha Subdistrict.
Humen Town
Town
Photo: Aimaimyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Humen Town, formerly Fumun, is a town in Dongguan city on the eastern side of the Humen strait on the Pearl River Delta, in Guangdong province, China. The former town of Taiping was incorporated into Humen Town in 1985. Humen Town is situated 7 km northeast of Pearl River.
Nansha Subdistrict
Suburb
Photo: 建燁, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nansha Subdistrict, Guangzhou is a township-level division situated in Nansha District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Nansha Subdistrict is situated 8 km northwest of Pearl River.
Pearl River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Guangdong, South China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“Pearl River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Pêrelrivier”
- Arabic: “نهر اللؤلؤ”
- Arabic: “نهر اللؤلؤة (الصين)”
- Armenian: “Չժուցզյան”
- Asturian: “Ríu de les Perlles”
- Bashkir: “Чжуцзян”
- Basque: “Perla ibai”
- Basque: “Perla ibaia”
- Basque: “Zhu Jiang ibaia”
- Basque: “Zhu Jiang”
- Belarusian: “Пэрлінная рака”
- Belarusian: “Чжу-Цзян”
- Belarusian: “Чжуцзян”
- Bengali: “ক্যান্টন নদী”
- Bengali: “চুচিয়াং নদী”
- Bengali: “পার্ল নদী”
- Bengali: “মুক্তা নদী”
- Bhojpuri: “झूजियांग नदी”
- Bhojpuri: “पर्ल नदी”
- Bhojpuri: “पर्ल रिवर”
- Bosnian: “Biserna rijeka”
- Bulgarian: “Джудзян”
- Catalan: “Riu de les Perles”
- Catalan: “Riu Guangdong”
- Catalan: “riu Perla”
- Catalan: “Riu Perla”
- Cebuano: “Zhu Jiang”
- Chinese: “Chu-kang”
- Chinese: “大江”
- Chinese: “大珠江”
- Chinese: “小珠江”
- Chinese: “珠江”
- Chinese: “珠江水系”
- Chinese: “珠江河”
- Chinese: “珠江流域”
- Chinese: “粤江”
- Chuvash: “Чжуцзян”
- Croatian: “Biserna rijeka”
- Czech: “Ču-ťiang”
- Czech: “Perlová řeka”
- Danish: “Perlefloden”
- Danish: “Zhujiang”
- Dutch: “Parelrivier”
- Dutch: “Tsjoe-tjiang”
- Dutch: “Zhujiang”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اللؤلؤ”
- Esperanto: “Perla Rivero”
- Esperanto: “Perlorivero”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Perlo”
- Fiji Hindi: “Moti Naddi”
- Finnish: “Helmijoki”
- Finnish: “Zhujiang”
- French: “Perle”
- French: “R. de Canton”
- French: “Riviere des Perles”
- French: “rivière des Perles”
- French: “Rivière des Perles”
- French: “Yue Jiang”
- French: “Zhu jiang”
- French: “Zhujiang”
- French: “珠江”
- Galician: “Río das Perlas”
- Gan Chinese: “珠江”
- German: “Kantonfluss”
- German: “Perlenfluss”
- German: “Perlfluss”
- German: “Perlfluß”
- German: “Zhu Jiang”
- Greek: “Μαργαριταρένιος ποταμός”
- Hebrew: “נהר הפנינה”
- Hindi: “मोती नदी”
- Hindi: “मोती नदीमुख मंडल”
- Hungarian: “Gyöngy-folyó”
- Icelandic: “Perlufljót”
- Ido: “Fluvio di Perli”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Mutiara”
- Irish: “Abhainn Pearl”
- Italian: “Fiume delle Perle”
- Japanese: “珠江”
- Korean: “주 강”
- Korean: “주강”
- Korean: “주장 강”
- Korean: “주장강”
- Latin: “Flumen Margaritarum”
- Latvian: “Džudzjana”
- Latvian: “Pērļu upe”
- Literary Chinese: “珠江”
- Lithuanian: “Perlų upė”
- Macedonian: “Бисерна Река”
- Malay: “سوڠاي موتيارا”
- Malayalam: “പേൾ നദി”
- Marathi: “चू नदी”
- Marathi: “चूच्यांग”
- Marathi: “मोती नदी”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chu-kang”
- Nauru: “Pearl”
- Northern Frisian: “Parelstruum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beipan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beipanjiang”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hongshui He”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hongshui”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hongshuihe”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nanpan Jiang”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nanpan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nanpanjiang”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Perleelva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Perleelven”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Perlefloden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yue Jiang”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yuejiang”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zhu Jiang”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zhujiang”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Perlefloda”
- Norwegian: “Zhu Jiang”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Fluvi de las Pèrlas”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Fluvi dei Pèrlas”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Yue Jiang”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Yuejiang”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Zhu Jiang”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Zhujiang”
- Persian: “رود پرل”
- Persian: “رود مروارید”
- Polish: “Czu-ciang”
- Polish: “Perłowa Rzeka”
- Polish: “Rzeka Perłowa”
- Polish: “Zhu Jiang”
- Portuguese: “Rio das Pérolas”
- Portuguese: “Rio Xi Jiang”
- Russian: “Жемчужная река”
- Russian: “Чжуцзян”
- Serbian: “Бисерна река”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Biserna rijeka”
- Slovak: “Perlová rieka”
- Slovenian: “Biserna reka”
- Slovenian: “Ču Kiangu”
- Slovenian: “Džu Džjang”
- Slovenian: “Džudžjang”
- Slovenian: “Kantonska reka”
- South Azerbaijani: “پرل چایی”
- Spanish: “rio de la Perla”
- Spanish: “río de la Perla”
- Spanish: “rio de las Perlas”
- Spanish: “río de las Perlas”
- Spanish: “Río de las Perlas”
- Spanish: “rio Perla”
- Spanish: “río Perla”
- Spanish: “Zhujiang”
- Swahili: “Mto Zhu Jiang”
- Swedish: “Kantonfloden”
- Swedish: “Pärlfloden”
- Swedish: “Zhu jiang”
- Swedish: “Zhujiang”
- Tagalog: “Ilog Perlas (Tsina)”
- Tagalog: “Ilog Perlas”
- Tajik: “Darjoi Pearl”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Пеарл”
- Tajik: “Пеарл”
- Tamil: “முத்து ஆறு (சீனா)”
- Tamil: “முத்து ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำจู”
- Turkish: “İnci Irmağı”
- Turkish: “İnci Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Сіцзян”
- Ukrainian: “Чжуцзян”
- Urdu: “دریائے پرل”
- Venetian: “Fiume Perla”
- Vietnamese: “Châu Giang”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Perlas”
- Welsh: “Afon Perl”
- Wu Chinese: “珠江”
- Yue Chinese: “Canton River”
- Yue Chinese: “Pearl River”
- Yue Chinese: “大江”
- Yue Chinese: “珠江”
- Yue Chinese: “省河”
- Yue Chinese: “粵江”
- Zhuang: “Dahcuhgyangh”
- “पर्ल नदी”
- “珠江”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Pearl River”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hezai and Nanheng.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bower Point and Scott Point.
Guangdong: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Dongguan.
Curious Streams to Discover
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