 Information about Yangtze River |
Information about Yangtze River |
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floraxch flora-xch Post Count: 2 Msg: #1 75 days ago, May 12th 2008 | Basics of Yangtze River | The Yangtze River is China's longest river and the third longest in the world, ranking only after Nile in Africa and Amazon in South America. For Chinese people, it is a 'Mother River' as the river is the birthplace of Chinese civilizations. Length: 6300km (about 3915 miles) Basin area: 1,800,000sq.km. Residents in the basin area: 350 million people Provinces & Municipality along the river: 9 provinces plus 2 municipalities, including Qinghai, Tibet, Yunnan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanghai. Historic cities along the river: Chongqing, Yichang, Wuhan, Yueyang, Jiujiang, Nanjing, Zhejiang, Shanghai. Tourist attractions near the river: Leshan Grand Buddha & Emei Mountain, Taoist Qingcheng Mountain, Jiuzhaigou National Park, Three Gorges, Zhangjiajie, Jiuhuashan Mountain, Huangshan Mountain, Lushan Mountain, Tai Lake. Agricultural resource: Cultivated land in Yangtze River basin area covers 25% of that in China, grain production 40%, rice production 70%, cotton production 33% or more. Hydropower resource: exploitable power potential is 1.97 hundred million kw, annual power generation about 1,000 billion kwh which accounts for 53.4% of the country. deleted_72031 deleted Post Count: 5 Msg: #2 51 days ago, June 5th 2008 | Dear friend, maybe you can go to this web to get some Yangtze River: | <snip> But if you want to get some more about Yangze Cruise, you can check this: <snip> Hope you can have some use! [Edited: 07:29 - Mell - Promotional posting is against the forum rules. ] Number of Users: 2 | Number of Posts: 2 | ||||||||||
