Dong River (China)

Dong River
Dong River
	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
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dōng Jiāng
Wade–Giles	Tung1 Chiang1
Gan
Romanization	Dung1gong1
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Dung1gong1

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).

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