Pearl River Delta Pearl River Delta The Chinese White Dolphin ( ) (Sousa chinensis chinensis) is a subspecies of the Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin and is one of eighty cetacean species. The adult dolphin has a unique pink-coloured skin. The colour of the skin is not a result of colour pigmentation, but is actually from blood vessels used for thermoregulation to prevent overheating during exertion. The adult's body length is about 220 - 250 centimetres and the infant's body length is about 1 metre. The average weight of an adult is around 150 to 230 kilograms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chinese White Dolphin"
Dongguan ( ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. An important industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and Foshan to the west. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dongguan"
Foshan ( ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. The city has jurisdiction over an area of about 3,840 km² and a population of 5.4 million of which 1.1 million reside in the city proper (year 2000 figures). ...more on Wikipedia about "Foshan"
George Chinnery (錢納利) was an English painter who spent most his life in Asia, especially India and southern China. He was born on 5 January 1774 in London. ...more on Wikipedia about "George Chinnery"
Guangdong ( ; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the People's Republic of China. Sometimes, "Canton Province" (based on an obsolete French-derived transliteration of "Guangdong") is used to mean Guangdong. This is as opposed to "Canton (City)", which refers to the city of Guangzhou, the provincial capital. ...more on Wikipedia about "Guangdong"
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( Traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區; Simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国香港特别行政区 pronunciation), is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is located on the southeastern coast of China. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hong Kong"
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (港珠澳大橋) is a giant proposed series of bridges and tunnels that would connect the west side of Hong Kong with Macau and the neighbouring city of Zhuhai, situated on the west side of the Pearl River Delta, and part of mainland China's southern industrial powerhouse. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge" Are you ready for http://www.shortopedia.com?
Huizhou ( ) is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Part of the Pearl River Delta, Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shaoguan to the north, Heyuan to the northeast, Shanwei to the east, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. ...more on Wikipedia about "Huizhou"
Jiangmen (江門) (Pengjiang) is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province in southern China with a population of about 3.8 million. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jiangmen"
The Lingdingyang Bridge (伶仃洋大橋) was proposed by former Zhuhai prefecture mayor in the late 1980s to link Zhuhai and Hong Kong at Qi'ao and Tuen Mun, across the Lingdingyang, Pearl River estuary. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lingdingyang Bridge"
The Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( Traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區; Simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国澳门特别行政区; short form Macau or Macao (澳門, Pinyin: Àomén; also informally known as 馬交; see Names) is a small territory on the southern coast of China. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating to the 16th century. The administrative power (in Portuguese "poderes") over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China in 1999, and it is now a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. Macau has played a unique and influential role in relations between China and the West, especially between the late 16th and 19th centuries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Macau"
The Pearl River (珠江 Pinyin: Zhū Jiāng) is China's third longest river (2,200 km, after the Yangtze River and the Huang He), and second largest by volume (after the Yangtze). Located in the south, it flows into the South China Sea between Hong Kong and Macau. Its lower reach forms the Pearl River Delta. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pearl River (China)"
The Pearl River Delta (PRD, Chinese: 珠江三角洲; Mandarin Pinyin: Zhū Jiāng Sānjiǎozhōu; Cantonese ; Jyutping: zyu1 gong1 saam1 gok3 zau1), China, occupies the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the river flows into the South China Sea. Since the " Open Door Policy" was adopted in late 1970s, the portion of the delta in Guangdong Province has become one of mainland China's leading economic regions and a massive manufacturing center. Chinese authorities hope that the manufacturing in Guandong, combined with the financial and service economy and traditional western influence in Hong Kong will create an economic gateway attracting foreign capital throughout China. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pearl River Delta"
The pylons of the Pearl River Crossing are three electricity pylons with heights of 240 metres, 253 metres, and 80 metres. They carry the 500kV-three phase AC powerline between Jiangmen and Sha Jiao in Guangdong, China at the crossing of the Pearl River. The 253 metre high pylon was built on an artificial island in the Pearl River and is the highest pylon in the world. The 240 metre high pylon is situated at the east side of Pearl River, while the 80 metre high pylon stands on the west side of the river. The span width of the line between the 253 metre and the 240 metre high pylon is 1547 metres. At this span the line is at its deepest point in a height of 70 metres over the Pearl River. The span width of the two crossbars of the 240 and the 253 metre high pylons are 63.5 metres and 54.5 metres. The pylons at the Pearl River Crossing were built in 1987. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pylons of Pearl River Crossing"
Shenzhen ( ; Hakka:cim1 zun4; Cantonese Jyutping: sam1 zan3, Yale: sām jan; Sham Chun or Shamchun in old or Hong Kong documents; lit. deep drains) is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern Mainland China, located at the border with Hong Kong. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shenzhen"
Taishan (台山 pinyin: Táishān; Cantonese: Toisan; local: Hoisan ) is a coastal county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. The city is located in the Pearl River delta, southwest of Jiangmen (to which administratively belongs) and 140 kilometers west of Hong Kong, with a population of approximately 1 million. It also contains 95 islands and islets, including the largest island in Guangdong, Shangchuan Island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Taishan"
Thirteen Factories or Thirteen Hong (十三行) is an area of Canton City, China where the first foreign trade was allowed in the 18th century. The name derives from the foreign agents, known as factors, who maintained offices or factories. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thirteen Factories"
Zhongshan ( ) is a city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province in southern China. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zhongshan"
Zhuhai ( ; lit. "Pearl Sea") is a prefecture-level city on the southern coast of Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Located in the Pearl River Delta, Zhuhai borders Jiangmen to the northwest, Zhongshan to the north, and Macau to the south. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zhuhai"
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia . Direct links to the original articles are in the text.
If you use exact copy or modified of this article you should preserve above paragraph and put also : It uses material from
the Shortopedia article about "Pearl River Delta".
| MAIN PAGE | MAIN INDEX | CONTACT US |