Bodies of Water
The Yangtze
English: YANG-tsee (/ˈjæŋtsi/); Mandarin Cháng Jiāng: [ʈʂ˥͡ʰǎŋ tɕjáŋ]
Also Known As Chang Jiang The Mandarin name, literally Long River.
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The Yangtze is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world, running roughly 6,300 kilometers from its glacial source on the Tibetan Plateau eastward across China to the East China Sea near Shanghai. It divides China roughly into north and south, drains a fifth of the country's land area, and is dammed at the Three Gorges by the largest hydroelectric power station on Earth by installed capacity.
Facts
Area (sq km)The river's drainage basin area. Elevation (m) Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
China, Countries The Yangtze own entity-description already places it as China own defining river system.
Demonstrates
A major river actively eroding and reworking its channel and banks today.
Flows Through
On Continent
Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
2. Yangtze (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, PronunciationQuote, Infobox, Pronunciation
/ˈjæŋtsi/
2. Yangtze (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Source elevation (Jari Hill, Dam Qu)Quote, Infobox, Source elevation (Jari Hill, Dam Qu)
5,170 m (16,960 ft)
2. Yangtze (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Mouth coordinates fieldQuote, Infobox, Mouth coordinates field
31.39361N 121.98306E
3. National Geographic Atlas of the World
National Geographic Society, 2019
British Geological Survey
Yangtze (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationFlows Through: China, Lead sectionQuote, Flows Through: China, Lead section
is the longest river in China
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