East River
The Dong River is the easternmost main tributary of the Pearl River, flowing through Guangdong and Jiangxi in southern China. Its source is Mount Yajibo in Xunwu County in Jiangxi. Since 1960, water from the Dong has also been exported to Hong Kong.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Guangdong, China
- Also known as: “Dong Jiang”, “Dong River”, “Tung”, “Tung Chiang”, and “Tung Kiang”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Huangpu New Port and Xiagang.
Huangpu New Port
Metro station
Photo: Nissangeniss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Huangpu New Port station is a metro station on Line 5 of the Guangzhou Metro in Guangzhou, China. It is located underground at the intersection of Kaifa Avenue and Baoshi Road in Huangpu District.
Xiagang
Metro station
Photo: 中少, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xiagang station is a metro station on Line 5 of the Guangzhou Metro in Guangzhou, China. It is located underground on the south side of the fork of Kaifa Avenue and Mingzhu Road in the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone in Huangpu District. Xiagang is situated 2½ km north of East River.
Baoying Dadao
Metro station
Photo: Nissangeniss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baoying Dadao station is a metro station on Line 5 of the Guangzhou Metro in Guangzhou, China. It is located underground at the intersection of Kaifa Avenue and Baoying Avenue in Huangpu District. Baoying Dadao is situated 3½ km north of East River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Machong.
Machong
Town
Machong, sometimes mispronounced Mayong, is a town under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Dongguan in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong Province, China. Machong is situated 6 km east of East River.
East River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Guangdong, South China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover East River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“East River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Dong”
- Bulgarian: “Дундзян”
- Cebuano: “Dong Jiang”
- Chinese: “东江”
- Chinese: “東江”
- Chuvash: “Дунцзян”
- Czech: “Tung-ťiang”
- Danish: “Dong Jiang”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر دونج”
- French: “Dong”
- Galician: “Río Dong”
- Gan Chinese: “東江”
- German: “Dong Jiang”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Ντονγκ (Κίνα)”
- Hindi: “दोंग नदी”
- Irish: “Abhainn Dong”
- Japanese: “東江”
- Korean: “동강”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dong Jiang”
- Norwegian: “Dong Jiang”
- Polish: “Dong Jiang”
- Russian: “Дунцзян”
- Spanish: “Rio Dong”
- Spanish: “Río Dong”
- Swedish: “Dong Jiang”
- Turkish: “Dong Nehri”
- Venetian: “Fiume Dong”
- Vietnamese: “Đông Giang”
- Welsh: “Afon Dong”
- Yue Chinese: “東江”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Huangpu and Dasheng.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Guangbaotong and Knowles Point.
Guangdong: Must-Visit Destinations
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