The Pearl River is one of the largest rivers in the south and among the seven major rivers of the Yangtze,the Yellow,the Huaihe,the Haihe,the Songhua and the Liaohe Rivers in China.
The Pearl River is composed of the West,the North,the East Rivers and the Pearl River Delta waterway network.Converging in the Pearl River Delta,the West,the North and the East Rivers are interlaced into a waterway network system with water channels totaling 1 740 km in length,and then empty into the South China Sea through eight outlets namely humen,Jiaomen,Hongqimen,Hengmen,Modaomen,Jitimen,Hutiaomen and Yamen.