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Cháng Jiāng(长江; 長江) or "Long River" is the official name for the Yangtze in Mandarin Chinese. However, the Chinese have given different names to the upstream sections of the river up to its confluence with the Min Riverat Yibin, Sichuan. [14][15]Jinsha River("Gold Sands River") refers to the 2,308 km (1,434 mi) of the Yangtze from ...
Tâi-lô. Sam-kiap. The Three Gorges (simplified Chinese : 三峡; traditional Chinese : 三峽; pinyin : Sānxiá ⓘ) are three adjacent and sequential gorges along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River path, in the hinterland of the People's Republic of China. With a subtropical monsoon climate, they are known for their scenery.
The Yangtze Delta or Yangtze River Delta (YRD, Chinese : 长江三角洲 or simply 长三角), once known as the Shanghai Economic Zone, is a megalopolis generally comprising the Wu -speaking areas of Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang, southern Anhui. The area lies in the heart of the Jiangnan region (literally, "south of the ...
The Three Gorges Dam (simplified Chinese : 三峡大坝; traditional Chinese : 三峽大壩; pinyin : Sānxiá Dàbà) is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges. The world's largest power station in terms of installed ...
The Battle of Red Cliffs, also known as the Battle of Chibi, was a decisive naval battle in China that took place during the winter of AD 208–209. [ 4 ] It was fought on the Yangtze River between the forces of warlords controlling different parts of the country during the end of the Han dynasty. The allied forces of Sun Quan, Liu Bei, and Liu ...
Liangzhu culture. The Liangzhu (/ ˈljɑːŋˈdʒuː /) culture or civilization (3300–2300 BC) was the last Chinese Neolithic jade culture in the Yangtze River Delta. The culture was highly stratified, as jade, silk, ivory and lacquer artifacts were found exclusively in elite burials, while pottery was more commonly found in the burial plots ...
Fatalities. 422,499–4,000,000[1] Areas affected. Central and eastern China. The 1931 China floods, or the 1931 Yangtze–Huai River floods, occurred from June to August 1931 in China, hitting major cities such as Wuhan, Nanjingand beyond, and eventually culminated in a dikebreach along Lake Gaoyouon 25 August 1931. Fatality estimates vary widely.
Wu River (Yangtze tributary) The Wu River (Chinese: 乌江; pinyin: Wū Jiāng) is the largest southern tributary of the Yangtze River. Nearly its entire length of 1,150 kilometres (710 mi) runs within the isolated, mountainous and ethnically diverse province of Guizhou. The river takes drainage from a 80,300-square-kilometre (31,000 sq mi ...