Do you know some of the greatest places in the Yangtze River?
The Yangtze River originates from the “roof of the world” – the southwest side of the Goradandong Peak of the Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The main stream flows through 11 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, including Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanghai.
It drains into the East China Sea to the east of Chongming Island and is the largest river in China flowing through the province.
With a total length of about 6,300 kilometers, the Yangtze River is the longest river in China.
It is the third longest river in the world after the Nile River in Africa and the Amazon River in South America.
The Yangtze River basin covers 1.8 million square kilometers, about 20% of China’s total land area,
It is the largest river in China.
The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are the most concentrated areas of freshwater lakes in China.
There are mainly Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake, Lahu Lake, Chaohu Lake, and the four major tributaries of the Yangtze River, Jialing River, Han River, Minjiang River, and Yalong River, have a drainage area of more than 100,000 square kilometers.
The Yangtze River system has more than 3,600 navigable channels.
The total mileage of navigation is more than 57,000 kilometers, accounting for 52.6% of the total mileage of inland waterways in the country, the most in China.
The longest province through which the main stream of the Yangtze River flows is Hubei province, with a total length of 1,061 kilometers.
The Jingjiang River in Hubei Province alone is about 400 kilometers long, and the Yangtze River runs through Sichuan province for 1,040 kilometers, which is commonly known as the “Chuanjiang River”.
Chongming Island, located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, is the largest alluvial island in China.
The Three Gorges hydropower project in Yichang is the largest hydropower project in China and even in the world.
The Three Gorges Hydropower Station is also the largest hydropower station in the world.
The Yangtze River Delta is the largest delta in China.
The port of Nanjing is the largest inland port along the Yangtze River.