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(Encyclopedia) Pearl, Chin. Zhujiang, river, 110 mi (177 km) long, S Guangdong prov., S China. Formed at Guangzhou by the confluence of the Xi and Bei rivers, it flows E then S past Guangzhou and Huangpu island to f...

(Encyclopedia) Han. 1 River of S China, 210 mi (338 km) long, rising in W Fujian prov. and flowing S through Guangdong prov. to the South China Sea at Shantou; navigable for about 100 mi (160 km) upstream. The dense...

(Encyclopedia) Jilin kēˈrĭnˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,117,800), central Jilin prov., China, on the Songhua River. It is a shipping port, a railroad junction, and a commercial and industrial center, with lar...

(Encyclopedia) Great Wall of China, series of fortifications, c.3,890 mi (6,260 km) long (not including trenches and natural defensive barriers), winding across N China from Gansu prov. to Liaoning prov. The wall, r...

(Encyclopedia) China, Great Wall of: see Great Wall of China. ...

(Encyclopedia) Canton: see Guangzhou, China.

(Encyclopedia) Canton, river, China: see Pearl. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kirin: see Jilin, prov., China.

(Encyclopedia) Kirin, city: see Jilin, China.

(Encyclopedia) Si, river, China: see Xi.