Lingdingyang

Lingdingyang

Lingdingyang with the construction of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge near Zhuhai and Macau.
Chinese 伶仃洋
Literal meaning helpless ocean

Lingdingyang (Chinese: 伶仃洋) or Lingding Channel, the mid channel of the Pearl River estuary, it runs from the Bocca Tigris to Jiuzhouyang. the Bocca Tigris separate Lingdingyang and Shiziyang the upper channel of the Pearl River Estuary in the north and the Jiuzhouyang the lower channel of the Pearl River Estuary at the southern tip of Xiangzhou and the western tip of Lantau all the way till the southern end of the Wanshan Archipelago.[1] Currently, Humen Pearl River Bridge is the only bridge that crosses Lingdingyang at the northern end with Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge a bridge and tunnel across Lingdingyang is being built in the southern end of bay.

References

  1. ↑ 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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