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The geology of the Pearl River Delta is rock sequences plus superficial sediments, emplaced in an alluvial delta, occupying the Pearl River Estuary. The unconsolidated sediments which dominate the delta are largely derived from continental materials exposed across the Pearl River basin, and range in size from fine particles such as mud to larger fragments like gravel.
The Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region [a] is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary, where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea.Referred to as the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area in official documents, the region is one of the most densely populated and urbanized regions in the world, and is considered a megacity by numerous scholars. [2]
The Pearl River Delta — the expansive delta region where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. Located in Guangdong Province , in the Southeastern China region. v
During the Late Miocene, the northeastern margin of the Caribbean Plate began to collide with the Bahamas Platform.This caused the formation of a two new strike-slip fault zones between the island of Hispaniola and the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center west of Jamaica, the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone and the Walton fault zone. [2]
In addition to ceding Florida to the United States, the treaty settled a boundary dispute along the Sabine River in Texas and firmly established the boundary of U.S. territory and claims through the Rocky Mountains and west to the Pacific Ocean in exchange for the U.S. paying residents' claims against the Spanish government up to a total of ...
The Pearl River map turtle, native to the Pearl River, recently got classified as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The new classification leaves the future of the One Lake ...
The Punti–Hakka Clan Wars were a conflict between the Hakka and the Cantonese people in Guangdong, China between 1855 and 1867. The wars were most fierce around the Pearl River Delta, especially in Toi Shan of the Sze Yup counties.
The Pearl River Delta (PRD), Zhujiang Delta, Zhūsānjiǎo (Mandarin), Zyu 1 saam 1 gok 3 (Cantonese), or Delta do Rio das Pérolas (Portuguese) in southern China is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. It is among the most densely urbanized regions in the world and an ...