Pearl River

The Pearl River is an extensive river system in . "Pearl River" is often also used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Pearl tributaries within , specifically the Xi, Bei, and .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in China
  • Also known as: “Beipan”, “Beipanjiang”, “Chu Chiang”, “Chu Kiang”, “Chu River”, “Chu-kiang River”, “Ču Kiangu”, “Ču-ťiang”, “Czu-ciang”, “Da River”, “Džu Džjang”, “Džudžjang”, “Fluvi dei Pèrlas”, “Great River”, “Hongshui”, “Hongshui He”, “Hongshuihe”, “Kantonfloden”, “Kantonfluss”, “Kantonska reka”, “Kuang-tung Ho”, “Nanpan”, “Nanpan Jiang”, “Nanpanjiang”, “Perl Strom”, “Perla ibai”, “Perla Rivero”, “Perle”, “Perleelva”, “Perleelven”, “Perlenfluss”, “Perlfluß”, “Perłowa Rzeka”, “R. de Canton”, “rio de la Perla”, “río de la Perla”, “rio de las Perlas”, “rio Perla”, “río Perla”, “Rio Xi Jiang”, “Riu de les Perles”, “Riu Guangdong”, “River Canton”, “River Chu”, “River Ta”, “River Yue”, “River Zhu”, “Rivero Perlo”, “Riviere des Perles”, “Ta River”, “Tsjoe-tjiang”, “Yue Jiang”, “Yue River”, “Yuejiang”, “Zhu jiang”, “Zhu Jiang ibaia”, “Zhu River”, “Zhujiang River”, “Жемчужная река”, “Чжу-Цзян”, “نهر اللؤلؤة (الصين)”, “चू नदी”, “चूच्यांग”, “झूजियांग नदी”, “पर्ल रिवर”, “मोती नदीमुख मंडल”, “ক্যান্টন নদী”, “মুক্তা নদী”, “주 강”, “주장 강”, “주장강”, “大江”, “大珠江”, “小珠江”, “珠江水系”, “珠江河”, “珠江流域”, “省河”, “粤江”, and “粵江”
  • Historically known as: “Canton River”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Nansha Tianhou Temple and Humen Great Bridge.

Photo: 建燁, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bridge
Photo: Hinnne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Humen Bridge, also known as Humen Pearl River… is situated 4 km northwest of Pearl River.

Metro station
Photo: Nissangeniss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
station is a station and the… is situated 3 km west of Pearl River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Humen Town and Nansha Subdistrict.

Town
Photo: Aimaimyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, formerly Fumun, is a town in city… is situated 7 km northeast of Pearl River.

Suburb
Photo: 建燁, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, Guangzhou is a township-level… is situated 8 km northwest of Pearl River.

Pearl River

Latitude
22.76645° or 22° 45′ 59″ north
Longitude
113.63305° or 113° 37′ 59″ east
Open location code
7PJMQJ8M+H6
Geo­Names ID
1783916
Wiki­data ID
Q201463
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“Pearl River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pêrelrivier”
  • Arabic: “نهر اللؤلؤ”
  • Armenian: “Չժուցզյան”
  • Asturian: “Ríu de les Perlles”
  • Bashkir: “Чжуцзян”
  • Basque: “Perla ibaia”
  • Belarusian: “Пэрлінная рака”
  • Bengali: “চুচিয়াং নদী”
  • Bengali: “পার্ল নদী”
  • Bhojpuri: “पर्ल नदी”
  • Bosnian: “Biserna rijeka”
  • Bulgarian: “Джудзян”
  • Catalan: “riu Perla”
  • Catalan: “Riu Perla”
  • Cebuano: “Zhu Jiang”
  • Chinese: “珠江”
  • Chuvash: “Чжуцзян”
  • Croatian: “Biserna rijeka”
  • Czech: “Perlová řeka”
  • Danish: “Zhujiang”
  • Dutch: “Parelrivier”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اللؤلؤ”
  • Esperanto: “Perlorivero”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Moti Naddi”
  • Finnish: “Helmijoki”
  • French: “rivière des Perles”
  • French: “Rivière des Perles”
  • Galician: “Río das Perlas”
  • Gan Chinese: “珠江”
  • German: “Perlfluss”
  • Greek: “Μαργαριταρένιος ποταμός”
  • Hebrew: “נהר הפנינה”
  • Hindi: “मोती नदी”
  • Hungarian: “Gyöngy-folyó”
  • Icelandic: “Perlufljót”
  • Ido: “Fluvio di Perli”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Mutiara”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Pearl”
  • Italian: “Fiume delle Perle”
  • Japanese: “珠江”
  • Korean: “주강”
  • 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: “मोती नदी”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chu-kang”
  • Nauru: “Pearl”
  • Northern Frisian: “Parelstruum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Perlefloden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Perlefloda”
  • Norwegian: “Zhu Jiang”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Fluvi de las Pèrlas”
  • Persian: “رود پرل”
  • Persian: “رود مروارید”
  • Polish: “Rzeka Perłowa”
  • Portuguese: “Rio das Pérolas”
  • Russian: “Чжуцзян”
  • Serbian: “Бисерна река”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Biserna rijeka”
  • Slovak: “Perlová rieka”
  • Slovenian: “Biserna reka”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پرل چایی”
  • Spanish: “río de las Perlas”
  • Spanish: “Río de las Perlas”
  • Swahili: “Mto Zhu Jiang”
  • Swedish: “Pärlfloden”
  • Tagalog: “Ilog Perlas (Tsina)”
  • Tagalog: “Ilog Perlas”
  • Tajik: “Darjoi Pearl”
  • Tajik: “Дарёи Пеарл”
  • Tajik: “Пеарл”
  • Tamil: “முத்து ஆறு (சீனா)”
  • Tamil: “முத்து ஆறு”
  • Telugu: “ముత్యాల నది”
  • 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: “珠江”
  • Zhuang: “Dahcuhgyangh”
  • “पर्ल नदी”
  • “珠江”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Hezai and Nanheng.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bower Point and Scott Point.

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