HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Huang He and Chang Jiang
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Chang Jiang and Nile
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Nile and Chang Lee
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Nile and Merrimack
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Detailed explanation-1: -Two of China’s major rivers begin in this area: the Huang He (HWAHNG heh), also known as the Yellow River, and the Chang Jiang, also called the Yangtze River.
Detailed explanation-2: -Perhaps the two most important geographical features of Ancient China were the two major rivers that flowed through central China: the Yellow River to the north and the Yangtze River to the south. These major rivers were a great source of fresh water, food, fertile soil, and transportation.
Detailed explanation-3: -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).
Detailed explanation-4: -The Yellow River (Huang He in Mandarin or Huang Ho in defunct Wade-Giles or Hwang Ho) is the second longest river in China (after the Yangtze), and fifth longest in the world, with a length of 5, 464 km (3, 395 miles).