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	Pearl River Delta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pearl River Delta (PRD, Chinese: 珠江三角洲; Mandarin Pinyin: Zhū Jiāng Sānjiǎozhōu; Cantonese IPA: /tsy
		Although the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone encompasses only 0.4 percent of the land area and only 3.2 percent of the 2000 Census population of mainland China, it accounted for 8.7 percent of GDP, 32.8 percent of total trade, and 29.2 percent of utilised foreign capital in 2001.
		The Pearl river delta is notoriously polluted, with sewage and industrial waste facilities failing to keep pace with the growth in population and industry in the area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pearl_River_estuary (1182 words)

	Encyclopedia: Pearl River estuary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Pearl River Delta (PRD, 珠江三角洲 pinyin: Zhū Jiāng Sānjiǎozhōu, Cantonese IPA:
		The Pearl River Delta has been the most economically dynamic region of the Mainland China since the launch of China’s reform programme in 1979.
		Although the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone encompasses only 0.4 percent of the land area and only 3.2 percent of the 2000 Census population of the Mainland China, it accounted for 8.7 percent of GDP, 32.8 percent of total trade, and 29.2 percent of utilised foreign capital in the Mainland China in 2001.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pearl-River-estuary (1166 words)

	Serebella Contents Pearl River Estuary---Pea Ridge National Military Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves.
		Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones.
		Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/contains-333983-334030-Pearl_River_Estuary-Pea_Ridge_National_Military_Park.html (681 words)

	Pearl River estuary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Fishing The Tropics Light tackle sportfishing, estuary and river fishing tours and charters of the estuary waters of Cairns Harbour and Trinity Inlet, or the waterways of the Daintree River, and the Russell and Mulgrave River systems.
		Pearl River Delta Exploration of the Pearl River Delta by super-fast ferry, air-conditioned coach or train.
		Pearl River Hockey Association News, schedules, standings, and photos for roller and ice hockey teams, mite through varsity.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Pearl_River_estuary.html (471 words)

	Encyclopedia: Pearl River Delta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Pearl River Delta (PRD, Chinese: ç æ±ä¸è§’æ´²; Mandarin Pinyin: ZhÅ« JiÄng SÄnjiÇozhÅu; Cantonese IPA:
		The Pearl River (珠江 Pinyin: Zhū Jiāng) is Chinas third longest river (2,200 km, after the Yangtze River and the Huang He), and second largest by volume (after the Yangtze).
		Pearl River Delta NASA Logo Listen to this article Â· (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pearl-River-Delta (2271 words)

	Pearl River Delta -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Until around 1985, the PRD had been mainly dominated by (Workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit) farms and small rural (A settlement smaller than a town) villages, but after the economy was reformed and opened, a flood of investment turned it into the mainland's economic powerhouse.
		The Pearl River Delta has been the most economically dynamic region of the (additional info and facts about People's Republic of China) People's Republic of China since the launch of China’s reform programme in 1979.
		One reason Hong Kong has played such an important role is because it links the region with the rest of the world, handling 70 to 80 percent of its seaborne (Commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country) exports and an even greater percentage of its airborne exports.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/pearl_river_delta.htm (1178 words)

	Pearl River Delta
		The Pearl River Delta (PRD, 珠江三角洲 pinyin: Zhū Jiāng Sānjiǎozhōu), China, occupies the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the river flows into the South China Sea.
		The Pearl River Delta Economic Zone has been the most economically dynamic region of the Mainland China since the launch of China’s reform programme in 1979.
		The Pearl River Delta Economic Zone has become the world's workshop and is a major manufacturing base for products such as electronic products (such as watches and clocks), toys, garments and textiles, plastic products, and a range of other goods.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/pearl_river_delta.html (1061 words)

	Gulf Ecology Division
		It was probable that fresh water from the Pearl River would again cause oyster mortalities and there was the strong possibility that the Bonnet Carre Spillway would have to be opened.
		Estuaries are recognized as being of critical importance in man's harvest of economically useful living marine resources.
		Bivalve mollusks were monitored for residues of 20 organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in spring 1977 in 87 of the 181 estuaries routinely monitored on a monthly basis during 1965-72.
	www.epa.gov /ged/publica/cabanc3.htm (12072 words)

	The Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary - PEARL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Pearl arrived at the sanctuary with Flo after having been spotted on Friday 2nd July 2005 by a member of the public.
		Pearl appears much younger than Flo as she has far smaller teeth and her umbilicus is not as healed over.
		Pearl and Flo are as inseparable as ever, swimming and playing together lots but also interacting with the other pups.
	www.sealsanctuary.co.uk /opearl04.html (355 words)

	Macau - Asia
		As a SAR of China, a Communist country, Macau will maintain its capitalist economic system for 50 years after 1999, an arrangement China refers to as “one country, two systems.” This separate status is similar to that of Hong Kong, which transferred from British to Chinese rule in 1997.
		Macau is located west of the mouth of the Zhu Jiang (Pearl River) estuary and borders China’s Guangdong Province to the north.
		It is 60 km (40 mi) southwest of Hong Kong, which is located on the opposite side of the Zhu Jiang estuary, and 110 km (70 mi) south of the city of Guangzhou.
	www.countriesquest.com /Asia/Macau.htm (140 words)

	Pearl River (China) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Pearl River (珠江 Pinyin : Zhū Jiāng) is China 's third largest river (2197 km after Huang He and the Yangtze) located in the south flowing into South China Sea between Hong Kong and Macau.
		The Pearl is also known as Yue Jiang (粵江 " Guangdong River").
		The river flows through the majority Guangdong Guangxi Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces and parts of Hunan and Jiangxi forming the 453 000- km² Pearl River Basin (珠江流域).
	www.freeglossary.com /Pearl_River_%28China%29 (274 words)

	Hong Kong International Airport - Visitors Guide - Welcome - Gateway to China
		The port city of Shanghai, one of the most populated cities in the world, rests on the estuary of the Yangtze River.
		Economists predict that in the coming decades the Pearl River Delta region should be one of the mightiest industrial regions in the world.
		The centre of the Pearl River Delta is Guangzhou.
	www.hongkongairport.com /eng/vguide/cities.html (385 words)

	Pearl, river, China. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Formed at Guangzhou by the confluence of the Xi and Bei rivers, it flows E then S past Guangzhou and Huangpu island to form a large estuary between Hong Kong and Macao.
		The river links Guangzhou to Hong Kong and the South China Sea and is one of China’s most important waterways and one of the centers of its world trade.
		The estuary, called Boca Tigris, is kept open for ocean vessels by dredging.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pe/PearlRChi.html (154 words)

	Contaminated Sediment News Issue #28 - July 2002 -- U.S. EPA
		Whether in SPM or in SS, the concentration distribution of PAHs were characterized by acenaphthene (mean 55.5 microg/g in SPM, 226 ng/g in SS) with subordinate amounts of the tri- and tetra-cycle PAHs such as fluorene, fluoranthene, phenaphene and pyrene.
		There were similar correlations between the concentrations of PAHs in SPM and salinity, and between the distance of the stations from the river outlet moving seawards and the concentrations of PAHs.
		These indicated that PAHs were degraded or transported along with the salinity gradient in SPM and the distance from the river outlet in SS.
	www.epa.gov /waterscience/pc/csnews/issue28.htm (3409 words)

	CNN.com - Race to become China's economic powerhouse - June 11, 2002
		The denial by Guangdong Governor Lu Ruihua that Taiwan businessmen are forsaking the Pearl River Delta for the Greater Shanghai Region (GSR) has highlighted the cut-throat contest between the two richest and most dynamic regions of China.
		The GSR has an area of 99,600 square km and a population of 83 million, roughly twice the comparative figures in the Pearl River estuary.
		Moreover, efforts are being made to render the entire Yangtze River estuary -- which goes as far upstream as the megacities of Chongqing and Chengdu -- into one gigantic market.
	www.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/11/willy.column/index.html (1198 words)

	experience
		The proposed Tonngu Waterway in the Pearl River Estuary forms a major navigation channel between two deep watercourses.
		This study is an environmental assessment study, aiming to investigate the impact of Tonngu Waterway on the marine environment of the Estuary.
		An extensive hydrographic and water quality survey was carried out at 13 monitoring stations over the estuary to provide consistent and dedicated data sets for the calibration and validation of the mathematical models.
	www.z-facilitators.com /exp_tonggu.htm (557 words)

	Antique Map/Chart Details
		It is the first map to name all the islands of the Philippines, although the archipelago is exceeding distorted.
		On the coast of China the outer Pearl River Estuary is named 'R. Ganges' based on Gerard Mercator's erroneous belief that one tributary of the Ganges flowed from the foothills of India eastwards to China.
		Japan is shown with a strange principal Island and nine smaller Islands to the south possibly representing Kyushu (meaning 9 Islands).
	www.oldworldauctions.com /prices/detail/95-326.htm (192 words)

	Aquatic Mammals 30(1) abstracts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Incidental catches are known in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Estuary, but their impacts are not known.
		Dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Estuary have individual ranges averaging 99.5 km2, only a small portion of the population's range.
		An assessment of trends and stranding mortality in the Hong Kong and the Pearl River Estuary population suggests that this stock is probably not decreasing at present.
	www.eaam.org /abstracts/am_30_1.htm (4331 words)

	SVS Animation 2911 - Urbanization around the Pearl River Estuary in China from 1973 through 2001 (WMS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The region around the Pearl River Estuary in southern China experienced rapid urban growth in the 1980s and 1990s.
		This growth was spurred by the establishment of special government economic zones, particularly in Shenzhen, just to the east of the estuary.
		Urban growth in the Pearl River Estuary near Shenzhen, China, from 1973 to 2001 as measured by Landsat
	aes.gsfc.nasa.gov /vis/a000000/a002900/a002911/index.html (167 words)

	CIS :: Coastal Informatin System : Welcome
		Pearl River Estuary Pollution Project (PREPP) which is Chief Executive's community project supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club
		The Pearl River ("Zhu Jiang") System is China's third longest river, after the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers.
		The Pearl River has three principal tributaries, namely the Xijiang River, Beijiang River and Dongjiang River.
	ccar.ust.hk /cis (284 words)

	Hong Kong and China Oceanography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Determine the influence of the Pearl River discharge on the water quality conditions of Hong Kong.
		The yellow-orange area is the Pearl River Estuary.
		The Pearl River drains most of southern China, and it transports large amounts of suspended sediments to the coast of the South China Sea.
	www.gso.uri.edu /~dkester/hongkong.htm (310 words)

	Fernão Pires de Andrade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		King Manuel I authorized a trade mission in 1517 when de Andrade set sail with 7 cannon-armed merchant vessels with a Muslim interpreter on June 17, 1517.
		They appeared at the Pearl River estuary on August 15 and negotiated with Chinese officials for possible silk and porcelain trade at Canton (Guangzhou).
		Ming government denied the trade request but allowed de Andrade to sell all his goods on hand at Canton before leaving.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fernao_Pires_de_Andrade (276 words)

	Dolphins and Porpoises in Hong Kong
		It is estimated that about 250 animals use Hong Kong waters every year, and the abundance estimate of resident dolphins in Hong Kong waters ranged from 45 dolphins in spring to 152 dolphins in summer.
		Surveys in the Pearl River Estuary suggested the whole population (including the ones in Hong Kong) has nearly 1,400 animals.
		Moreover, we have found that number of Chinese white dolphins in Hong Kong and Pearl River Estuary remains steady throughout years, so we may conclude that they are not in immediate danger of becoming locally extinct.
	www.hkdivephoto.com /samuelhung/dolphin/story.shtml (1173 words)

	Possible Impacts Of Salinewater Intrusion Floodgates In Vietnam's Lower Mekong Delta
		During the dry season, the Mekong River flows are so low that sea waters intrude into the lower reaches of the River, producing brackish water conditions that are unsuitable for rice growth.
		In 1987, all gilled organisms in 23 kilometres of the Tweed River estuary, in northern NSW, were killed by acid drainage from the 20,000 ha sulfidic floodplain (Easton, 1989).
		In one 4000 ha tributary floodplain of the Richmond River, up to 700 tonnes of sulfuric acid can be impounded in the 'fresh' water behind the floodgate with about 950 tonnes of acid released into the estuarine reach in a single flood (Sammut et al., 1996).
	coombs.anu.edu.au /~vern/env_dev/papers/pap07.html (3815 words)

	Pearl River Phone Service -- business residential voip broadband
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		Frontier is the incumbent telephone provider for the greater Rochester, NY area.
	www.grussassoc.com /ny/pearl-river.html (352 words)

	CRC Reef Research Centre
		Although dugongs are found in the waters of many countries, nearly all of them except Australia are developing nations with limited capacity to contain impacts on dugongs within sustainable limits.
		Within their range, dugongs are threatened by rising pollution from the land, coastal development, boat traffic, entanglement in fishing nets, and hunting for their meat and trophies.
		In Australia, dugongs are not considered to be under serious threat throughout much of their range which extends from Moreton Bay near Brisbane through the tropics to Shark Bay in Western Australia.
	www.reef.crc.org.au /discover/plantsanimals/dugong/index.html (568 words)

	Book Review - UG 2000 No. 3; Muller on Lin
		Lin is a geographer at the University of Hong Kong, and his is the first Survey in English of the now all-PRC megalopolis (following the handover of Hong Kong and Macau to China) that lines the Xi/Pearl River estuary and links the coalescing metropolitan areas of Zhuhai/Macau, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen/Hong Kong.
		Following an introduction, his nine concise chapters are organized into two parts: national context (the operating system of spatial transformation, Maoist plan-ideological space, and post-Mao market-regulatory space) and development of the Pearl River Delta (economic and spatial transformation, rural industrialization, transport development, and Hong Kong’s influence).
		Tables, graphs, and maps enhance the presentation, and the appendix of references to both the English and Chinese literature is a useful research tool.
	www.bellpub.com /ug/2000/ad000312.htm (208 words)

	Planet Ark : China to clean up southern waters affecting HK
		We hope to exceed 50 percent within five years," he said on the sidelines of a forum where the pollution study was released.
		The three-year study, which involved scientists from mainland China and Hong Kong, found urbanisation and heavy industrialisation around the delta have seriously polluted waters in the Pearl River estuary.
		Heinke and Yuan attributed the pollution around the Pearl River Delta to a rise in population, unfettered industrialisation and construction, livestock farming, agriculture, waste water discharge, and deforestation in the last 20 years.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/15635/story.htm (692 words)

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