ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Question
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Water from the Yangtze is used to irrigate the Gobi Desert
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The Yangtze is the international border between China and India
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People can use the Yangtze River to get over the Himalayan Mountains
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It supplies millions of people with water for drinking, irrigation, and industrial use.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Agriculture. The Yangtze basin contributes nearly half of China’s crop production, including more than two-thirds of the total volume of rice.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Yangtze has played a major role in the history, culture, and economy of China. For thousands of years, the river has been used for water, irrigation, sanitation, transportation, industry, boundary-marking, and war. The prosperous Yangtze Delta generates as much as 20% of China’s GDP.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why is the Yangtze River so important to the pollution and economy of China? It supplies millions of people with water for drinking, irrigation, and industrial uses.
Detailed explanation-5: -Feeding a population of 420 million, it is vital for socio-economic development. People in the river basin depend directly on these water resources as a basis for their livelihoods, including for food production, hydropower, industry, and domestic supply.