WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Two great rivers run through China Proper: the Yellow River in the north, and the Yangtze (or Yangzi ) River to the south. In fact, most of China Proper belongs to the drainage-basins of these two rivers. Both originate to the far west in the Tibetan Plateau.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Yangtze River (or, “Changjiang” in Chinese, literally, the “long river"), is the longest river in China, running 6, 300 kilometers (3915 miles). It is also the third longest river in the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -The steep, rocky slopes are cut with gorges and deep valleys. For several hundred miles the Yangtze flows in a southeasterly direction, before turning south to flow downward in rushing rapids.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Yellow River originates on the Tibet-Qinghai plateau and continues through the provinces of Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong. Its path ends at the Bo Hai Gulf in the Yellow Sea. It is one of two main rivers in China, the other being the Yangtze River to the south.