Geography
Xinhui is situated in the southwest of the Pearl River Delta, borders on the South China Sea, and adjoins Hong Kong and Macau. It comprises a total area of 1387.02 m2. The geographical feature that characterizes the Xinhui and Jiangmen area is the large proportion of water in the region. Official Map of Xinhui: http://www.xinhui.gov.cn/export/xinhui/sitemap/ditu.jpg
According to geologists, 5000 years ago Xinhui was a shallow bay in the mouth of the Pearl river, with its southeast portion being a chain of islands. With the movement of the Xi and Tan rivers, a river delta was formed which in the last nine hundred years became the alluvial plain of today.
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