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- The flood disaster affected 70 cities (counties) in Guangxi and 39 cities (counties) in Guangdong, resulting in nearly 1.25 million hm² of affected farmland in Guangdong and Guangxi. The affected population reached 21.48 million, with 446 deaths and direct economic losses of about 28.4 billion yuan.
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Pearl River is the name of a river in southern China. The river flows into the South China Sea near Macau. The whole river system has a length of 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi). It is China's third-longest river system, after that of the Yangtze, and Yellow River. By volume, it is second-laregest, after the Yangtze.
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The Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region 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.
