Yangtze nature, history, and the river .

And Yangzi Jiang t s , p Yángzǐjiāng ) or the Yangzi River , from which the English name Yangtze is derived, is the local name for the Lower Yangtze in the region of Yangzhou.

The Yangtze River flows through a wide array of ecosystems and is itself habitat to several endemic and endangered species including the Chinese alligator, the finless porpoise, the Chinese paddlefish, the (extinct?

Just a year later the Yangtze flooded, causing something like 5,500 deaths.

The prosperous Yangtze River Delta generates as much as 20 of the PRC's GDP.

Tibetan The source and upper reaches of the Yangtze are located in ethnic Tibetan areas of Qinghai.

It has an altitude of 1873 m.Major rivers include the Huai He in the north and the Yangtze in the south.

In China, it is grown mainly in the mountainous area upstream of the Yangtze River, as well as Sichuan.

The Yangtze River finds its way through south Anhui in between these two mountainous regions.

The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is the largest hydro electric power station in the world.

During this time, the Song court retreated south of the Yangtze River and established their capital at Lin'an (now Hangzhou).

The Yangtze River plays a large role in the history, culture and economy of China.

River Passing Through Heaven ) describes the section from Yushu up to the confluence with the Dangqu River.

Wu (吳), also called Wuyue (吳越), is a region in the Jiangnan area (the south of the Yangtze River), surrounding Suzhou, in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces of China.

Along with its three tributaries, the Xi (West), Dong (East), and Bei (North) rivers, it forms the Pearl River Delta near Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Macau, and Hong Kong.

Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East China, Shanghai sits on the south edge of the mouth of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the Chinese coast.

Between Chongqing and Yichang (I ch'ang), at an altitude of and a distance of about , it passes through the spectacular Yangtze Gorges, which are noted for their natural beauty but are dangerous to shipping.

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Sharing the language and culture of the Shang, the early Zhou rulers, through conquest and colonization, established a large imperial territory wherein states as far as Shandong acknowledged Zhou rule and took part in elite culture.

Chinese martial arts can also be categorized by location, as in northern () and southern () as well, referring to what part of China the styles originated from, separated by the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) Chinese martial arts may even be classified according to their province or city.

The Yangtze River ( or ), (Chinese 长江, Chang Jiang ), known in China as the Chang Jiang or the Yangzi, is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world.

Major cities along the river Panzhihua Yibin Luzhou Chongqing Fengdu Yichang Jingzhou Shashi Shishou Yueyang Xianning Wuhan Ezhou Huangshi Huanggang Chaohu Chizhou Jiujiang Anqing Tongling Wuhu Hefei Chuzhou Ma'anshan Taizhou Yangzhou Zhenjiang Nanjing Jiangyin Nantong Shanghai Crossings Until 1957, there were no bridges across the Yangtze River from Yibin to Shanghai.

Beijing is also the northern terminus of the Grand Canal to Hangzhou, which was built over 1,400 years ago as a transportation route, and the South North Water Transfer Project, constructed in the past decade to bring water from the Yangtze River basin.