Here’s how big the Yangtze is. A third of all the inhabitants of China (which means more than 400 million people) live in the area covered by the Yangtze’s river basin. The Yangtze basin provides ...

The largest river in China and the third largest river in the world, the 6,300-kilometer-long Yangtze River plays an important role in China. The Yangtze River basin – with its fertile soil ...

The Yangtze river’s finless porpoise is one of the very few porpoises (relatives of dolphins and whales) that live in fresh water. Its small size and cute 'smile' make it much loved in China and ...

With the potential to produce up to 60 GW of electricity annually—three times the output of China's Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River—this ... Bangladesh and India, two nations downstream.

In its middle and lower reaches, the Yangtze River flows through important agricultural ... which flows first east and then south into the Indian Ocean, boasts the Yarlungzangbo Grand Canyon ...

The river Yangtze flows for 6,300 km, more than halfway across China. Its river basin is around 1.8 million sq km - almost a fifth of China's land area ...