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Also known as: Bei Jiang, North River, Pai Chiang, Peh Chiang, Pei Chiang

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Chinese (Pinyin):

Bei Jiang or

(Wade-Giles romanization):

Pei Chiang

Also spelled:

Pai Chiang or Peh Chiang

Bei River, river in central Guangdong province, southeastern China. It is formed by the union of two smaller rivers, the Wu and the Zhen, at Shaoguan, in northern Guangdong. The Bei flows about 220 miles (350 km) south to join the Xi (West) River, west of Guangzhou (Canton). For centuries the Bei has played an important role in the transport system between North and South China.