Yangtze River
Asia's longest river
The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and third longest in the world, flowing nearly 4,000 miles from the Tibetan Plateau to the East China Sea near Shanghai.
It divides China into north and south regions and has shaped Chinese civilization for millennia.
The Three Gorges Dam, completed in 2006, spans it.
Also called the Chang Jiang.
- YangtzeChina's mightiest waterway
- ChinaEast Asian superpower
- Three Gorges DamYangtze hydroelectric megastructure
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- NanjingEastern Chinese metropolis
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- Asian LandformsHimalayas, Gobi Desert, Yellow River, Tibetan Plateau, Mount Everest
- ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Great Wall, Yellow River, Chinese calligraphy
- East AsiaChina, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Korea
- Eurasian GeographyHimalayas, Tibetan Plateau, Gobi Desert, Ganges River, Caspian Sea
- Asian landscapesHimalayas, Mount Fuji, rice terraces, Yellow River, misty mountains
- Asian Naturebamboo forest, Bengal tiger, giant panda, Himalayas, rice paddy
Eastern vs Western major rivers
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Longest North American watercourse
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