Yangtze
China's longest river
The Yangtze is the longest river in Asia, flowing nearly 4,000 miles from the Tibetan Plateau through central China to the East China Sea near Shanghai.
It divides China into northern and southern regions and has shaped Chinese civilization, commerce, and geography for millennia: a cruise through the Yangtze gorges, the Yangtze River Delta.
Flat freight vessel
- cargoTransported goods
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
- container shipVessel carrying standardized freight boxes
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
navigation · port · dock · freight · shipping lane · waterway · vessel · trade route
Yangtze hydroelectric megastructure
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- dikeWall against flooding
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- delugeSevere overflow of water
overflow · monsoon · siltation · disaster · evacuation · submerge · floodplain · flood control
Chinese coastal financial center
- ChongqingChinese southwestern megacity
- WuhanCentral Chinese provincial capital
- NanjingEastern Chinese metropolis
- ChengduSichuan provincial capital
Hangzhou · Suzhou · riverfront · port · waterfront
Yangtze's dramatic narrow valleys
- East China SeaNorthwestern Pacific marginal body
- Tibetan PlateauElevated Asian landmass
- sourcePoint of origin
- mouthOral opening
delta · estuary · tributary · confluence · watershed · headwaters · downstream · upstream
Successive rulers from one family
- ancientVery old indeed
- civilizationAdvanced organized human society
- Silk RoadHistoric transcontinental trade network
- tradeExchange of commodities
Grand Canal · gunboat · wartime · bridge · crossing · rice cultivation · irrigation · settlement
Fish with oar-shaped nose
- snub-nosed monkeyPrimate lacking nasal projection
- giant pandaBearlike bamboo-eating mammal
- craneLifter or wader
- carpWhine about trivialities
endemic · endangered · extinction · conservation · river dolphin · spawning · migration · habitat
barge
Flat freight vessel
- cargoTransported goods
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
- container shipVessel carrying standardized freight boxes
cruise · navigation · port · dock · freight · shipping lane · waterway · vessel · trade route · logistics
Three Gorges Dam
Yangtze hydroelectric megastructure
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- dikeWall against flooding
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
deluge · overflow · monsoon · siltation · disaster · evacuation · submerge · floodplain · flood control · reservoir
Shanghai
Chinese coastal financial center
- ChongqingChinese southwestern megacity
- WuhanCentral Chinese provincial capital
- NanjingEastern Chinese metropolis
Chengdu · Hangzhou · Suzhou · riverfront · port · waterfront
Three Gorges
Yangtze's dramatic narrow valleys
- East China SeaNorthwestern Pacific marginal body
- Tibetan PlateauElevated Asian landmass
- sourcePoint of origin
mouth · delta · estuary · tributary · confluence · watershed · headwaters · downstream · upstream · meander
dynasties
Successive rulers from one family
- ancientVery old indeed
- civilizationAdvanced organized human society
- Silk RoadHistoric transcontinental trade network
trade · Grand Canal · gunboat · wartime · bridge · crossing · rice cultivation · irrigation · settlement · empire
paddlefish
Fish with oar-shaped nose
- snub-nosed monkeyPrimate lacking nasal projection
- giant pandaBearlike bamboo-eating mammal
- craneLifter or wader
carp · endemic · endangered · extinction · conservation · river dolphin · spawning · migration · habitat · ecosystem
- Asian WatersMekong, Ganges, Indus, Yellow River, Brahmaputra
- Wade-GilesPeking, Nanking, Chungking, Szechuan, Yunnan
- Yangtze SystemThree Gorges, Three Gorges Dam
- AsiaChina, India, Japan, Thailand, Korea
- bodies of waterocean, river, sea, lake, stream
- ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Great Wall, Yellow River, Chinese calligraphy
- Yangtze RiverChina's longest watercourse
- Yangtze River DeltaCoastal Chinese economic zone