NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Yangtze River basin receives significant rainfall that flows into the river. Flooding of the Yangtze River keeps the region’s soil fertile (25% of China’s farmland is located here).

Detailed explanation-2: -Qiaoyu is from Qinghai Province in China, which spreads across the rugged Tibetan Plateau and contains the headwaters of the Yangtze River.

Detailed explanation-3: -Agriculture. The Yangtze basin contributes nearly half of China’s crop production, including more than two-thirds of the total volume of rice. Among the other crops grown are cotton, wheat, barley, corn (maize), beans, and hemp.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 700, 000-square-mile Yangtze River basin provides water, transport, and food for almost one-third of China’s 1.3 billion people and supplies more than 40% of the country’s GDP. But China’s colossal rise has made the Yangtze, the world’s third-longest river, one of the world’s most polluted rivers as well.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Yangtze is sometimes referred to as the Golden Waterway. The river is about 6, 380 km long. It has traditionally been considered a dividing point between north China and south China, although the Huai River also shares the claim. The Yangtze flows into the East China Sea.