Briefing on the Yangtze
River
We Chinese call the Yangtze River, Chang-jiang, which means "Long
River", or just "Jiang" -- river. (We called another main river,
Yellow River, "He", sounding like "her")

The age-long snow mountain - the source of the great Yangtze River
The longest river in China and the third longest river in the world, the
6,300 kilometer Yangtze River starts at the southern foothills of the snow-covered Geladandong
Peak of the Tanggula Mountains in southwestern Qinghai Province. It flows past 2
autonomous regions and 6 provinces including Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei,
Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Shanghai City, where it runs into the East China Sea.

Mt. Geladandong
Tiger
Leap Gorge in the upper reaches (not within Three Gorges)
The watershed area of the Yangtze River is about 700,000
square miles, approximately 20% of China's total land area, and 25% of its total farming
land area. Almost all of the boating traffic in China is on the Yangtze River.
The
flower-strewn grassland on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River
The Nile and Amazon Rivers are larger than the Yangtze, but the Yangtze is special
because so many people living on it.
The Tibetan
people living on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River
Inhabited by more than 300 million people and boasting more than 2, 700 hectares of
cultivated land, the Yangtze River reaches are rich in such agricultural productions as
rice, cotton, edible oil, silk, linen, tea and tobacco, of which the rice production makes
up 70 percent and the cotton about one-third of the country¨s total respectively.
The 10,000-mile Yangtze River is also the cradle of the Chinese nation
The Yangtze River reaches were one of the cradles of the Chinese civilization. Places
along both sides of the river are homes to hundreds and thousands of relics and ancient
architectures such as mansions, terraces and platforms, pavilions, towers, temples,
gardens, stone carvings and forests of steles, which all serve as proofs of the
intelligence and wisdom of the ancient Chinese people. Dangerous
floods kill people and livestock living near the river.
Bird's View
of the Yangtze Gorges
Relating topics:
Message from the Chairman of the National
Tourism Administration of China
Briefing on the Yangtze River
Briefing on the Yangtze Three Gorges
The Mosts and Leasts in the Yangtze Three Gorges
Briefing on the Yangtze River Cruise
Qutang Gorge
Wu Gorge
Xiling Gorge
How Did the Three Gorges Come into Existence
Distance between the Cities along the
Yangtze River from Chongqing to Wuhan
Distance between Chongqing and Shanghai
Map of China with Yangtze River
Map of Yangtze River
Three Gorges and Extended Area
Siren Signals - the Language of Ships on the
Yangtze
Navigation Lights and
Signal Stations along the Three Gorges
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