NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Yangtze River basin covers 19 provinces in China and provides the main source of water for almost 600 million people, and as a region accounts for 45 percent of China’s GDP. It is reportedly a major conveyer of plastic and other pollutants to the world’s oceans.

Detailed explanation-2: -Is the Yangtze River polluted? The answer is yes. Industrial wastewater discharge, agricultural chemical fertilizer, sediment accumulation, ship garbage and acid rain were the main Yangtze River pollution causes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plastic pollution in rivers such as the Yangtze could have major implications for water security, depleting fish stocks and the wider political stability in the Asia-Pacific region.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abstract. Water pollution of the Yangtze River basin is very serious. Studies have shown that from the upper to the lower river, the water volume decreases and development and pollution increase, especially in trans-boundary areas.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Yangtze is China’s largest and the world’s third-longest river. It supports over 400 million people and is, unfortunately, perhaps the world’s most polluted river accounting for 55 percent of the material that ends up in the adjacent seas and ocean.