WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chang Jiang (“Long River”) is the name used in China, although it also is called Da Jiang (“Great River”) or, simply, Jiang (“[The] River”). The Yangtze is the most important river of China.

Detailed explanation-2: -What we know as the Yangtze River the Chinese call the Chang Jiang, or Long River. As China’s longest river, the Chang Jiang plays a major role in shaping the country’s physical, cultural, and economic character.

Detailed explanation-3: -It flows for 6, 300 kilometers (3, 915 mi) from the glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. The river is the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country.

Detailed explanation-4: -Two great rivers run through China Proper: the Yellow River in the north, and the Yangtze (or Yangzi ) River to the south.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

Detailed explanation-6: -Known as the Chang Jiang in China, Yangtze River is Asia’s longest river and the third longest river in the world after River Nile in Africa and River Amazon in the Amazon Basin. Amazingly, the River Yangtze delta produces about 20% of the People’s Republic of China GDP.