WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Famous rivers in China include the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Heilongjiang River, the Yarlung Zangbo River and the Huaihe River. The Tarim River in Xinjiang is the largest inland river in China. Running across deserts, it has been known as the “river of life".

Detailed explanation-2: -The three-rivers headwater region (THRHR) of Qinghai province is the source of the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Lancang River.

Detailed explanation-3: -Location of the Yangtze river The Yangtze River rises in the mountains of Qinghai province of China, on the Tibetan plateau, and flows 6, 300km to reach the East China Sea at Shanghai.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Yellow River (Huang He), with a length of 3, 395 miles (5, 464 kilometres), is China’s second longest river-surpassed only by the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang). Its drainage basin is the third largest in China, with an area of some 290, 000 square miles (750, 000 square kilometres).