Humen Pearl River Bridge in the front facing Shiziyang in the back.
Traditional Chinese
獅子洋
Simplified Chinese
狮子洋
Literal meaning
lion ocean
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Shīziyáng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Sījí Yèuhng
Jyutping
si1 zi2 joeng4
Shiziyang (Chinese: 狮子洋) or Shizi Channel is the upper channel of the Pearl River estuary. It runs from the confluence of the Dong River and the Pearl River with parts of the Bei River to the Bocca Tigris which separate Lingdingyang the mid channel of the Pearl River Estuary in the south.[1] It is a wide tidal strait connecting the Huangpu New Port of Guangzhou to the South China Sea.The Huangpu New Port is located at the confluence of the Dong River and the Pearl River. The Huangpu New Port is only part of the larger Port of Guangzhou. Currently there is one rail tunnel (Shiziyang Tunnel) and one bridge (Humen Pearl River Bridge) crossing the Shiziyang.
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Major cities along the Pearl River
Cities (from upper reaches to lower reaches)
Major Tributaries
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Bei River
Bei
Nanxiong
Shaoguan
Zhenjiang
Wujiang
Qujiang
Yingde
Qingyuan
Qingxin
Qingcheng
Foshan
Sanshui
waterways with Xi
Nanhai
Chancheng
Sanshui
Guangzhou
Panyu
Nansha
merged into the Shiziyang
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Dong River
Dong
Heyuan
Yuancheng
Huizhou
Huicheng
Dongguan
Guangzhou
Zengcheng
Huangpu
merged into the Shiziyang
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Xi River
Xi
Gui→Li
Guilin
Diecai
Qixing
Xiufeng
Xiangshan
Yanshan
Wuzhou
Changzhou
Wanxiu
merged into the Xi
Xun
Yong→Yu
Zuo
Chongzuo
Jiangzhou
Nanning
Jiangnan
Xixiangtang
merged into the Yong→Yu
You
Baise
Youjiang
Nanning
Xixiangtang
merged into the Yong→Yu
tributaries of Zuo & You
Nanning
Jiangnan
Xixiangtang
Qingxiu
Liangqing
Yongning
Guigang
Qintang
Gangnan
Gangbei
Guiping
merged into the Xun
Qian
Liu
Long
Hechi
Jinchengjiang
Yizhou
merged into the Liu
Rong
Liuzhou
Liubei
Liunan
Chengzhong
Yufeng
merged into the Liu
tributaries of Long & Rong
merged into the Qian
Hongshui
Beipan
Xuanwei
Liupanshui
Liuzhi
merged into the Hongshui
Nanpan
Qujing
Qilin
merged into the Hongshui
tributaries of Beipan & Nanpan
Heshan
Laibin
Xingbin
merged into the Qian
tributaries of Liu & Hongshui
Guiping
merged into the Xun
tributaries of Yong→Yu & Qian
Wuzhou
Changzhou
Longxu
Wanxiu
merged into the Xi
tributaries of Gui→Li & Xun
Wuzhou
Wanxiu
Yunfu
Yun'an
Zhaoqing
Gaoyao
Duanzhou
Dinghu
Foshan
Sanshui
waterways with Bei
Gaoming
Nanhai
Shunde
Heshan
Jiangmen
Pengjiang
waterways with Shiziyang & Lingdingyang
Zhongshan
Jiangmen
Jianghai
Xinhui
Zhuhai
Doumen
Jinwan
Xiangzhou
South China Sea
Pearl River
Pearl
Guangzhou (Baiyun)
Foshan (Nanhai)
Guangzhou (Liwan
Haizhu
Yuexiu
Tianhe
Huangpu)
Dongguan
Shiziyang
Shiziyang
Pearl
tributary of Dong
Dongguan
Guangzhou
Panyu
tributary of Bei
Nansha
waterways with Xi
Lingdingyang
Lingdingyang
Shiziyang
Guangzhou
Nansha
waterways with Xi
Zhongshan
Shenzhen
Bao'an
Guangming
Longhua
Nanshan
Futian
Luohu
Yantian
Longgang
Pingshan
Dapeng
Zhuhai
Xiangzhou
Jinwan
Doumen
Hong Kong
New Territories
Hong Kong Island
Kowloon
Macau
Macau Peninsula
Jiuzhouyang
Jiuzhouyang
Lingdingyang
Macau
Taipa
Coloane
Cotai
South China Sea
Major cities along the Yangtze River · Major cities along the Yellow River
^Wu, Chaoyu; Wei, Xing; Ren, Jie; Bao, Yun; He, Zhigang; Lei, Yiaping; Shi, Heyin; Zhang, Wenyan. "Morphodynamics of the rock-bound outlets of the Pearl River estuary,South China—A preliminary study". Retrieved 3 December 2015.
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