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The Chinese sturgeon is the largest fish in the river and among the largest freshwater fish in the world, reaching a length of 5 m (16 ft); the extinct Chinese paddlefish reputedly reached as much as 7 m (23 ft), but its maximum size is labeled with considerable uncertainty. [102] [103] [104]
This is a list of longest rivers of Asia. Included are all rivers with lengths over 1,000 km (620 mi) that are in Asia. Included are all rivers with lengths over 1,000 km (620 mi) that are in Asia. River
The Jinsha River (Chinese: 金沙江; pinyin: Jīnshājiāng; lit. 'Gold Sand River', [1] Tibetan: Dri Chu, འབྲི་ཆུ, Yi: ꀉꉷꏁꒉ, romanized: Axhuo Shyxyy) or Lu river, is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River. It flows through the provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan in western China.
This is a List of rivers of Asia. It includes major, ... Largest primary rivers of Asia by discharge: River Average discharge (m 3 /s) at mouth 01 Ganges– Brahmaputra:
The Borneo river shark is known only from the Kinabatangan River. [40] In 2010, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) stated that 123 species have been discovered in Borneo since the "Heart of Borneo" agreement was signed in 2007. [41] Logging road in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The WWF has classified the island into seven distinct ecoregions.
The earliest references to a fabulous land of gold that could be interpreted as places in Southeast Asia may be found in Indian literature. In the Ramayana, there are mentions of Suvarnabhumi (Land of Gold) and Suvarnadvipa (the Golden Island or Peninsula, where dvipa might refer to either a peninsula or an island) [2] [3] Greek knowledge of lands to their east improved after the conquests of ...
The Kapuas River (Old Indonesian spelling: Kapoeas River) is a river in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, at the geographic center of Maritime Southeast Asia. At 1,143 km (710 mi) in length, it is the longest river in the island of Borneo and the longest river in Indonesia [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and one of the world's longest island rivers. [ 7 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. River in Asia "Indus Valley" redirects here. For the Bronze Age civilisation, see Indus Valley Civilisation. For other rivers named Indus, see Indus (disambiguation) § Rivers. "Indus" and "Sindhu" redirect here. For other uses, see Indus (disambiguation) and Sindhu (disambiguation ...