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Encyclopedia: Yangtze River

The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang (Simplified Chinese: 长江; Traditional Chinese: 長江; pinyin: Cháng Jiāng) is the longest river in Asia and the fourth longest in the world after the Nile in Africa, the Amazon in South America, and the Mississippi-Missouri in the United States.

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How to say "Yangtze River" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	长江
	(Japanese)	長江
	(German)	Jangtse
	(Spanish)	Yangzi
	(French)	Chang Jiang
	(Italian)	Chang Jiang

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Jiangyin

Jiangyin (Simplified Chinese: 江阴, Traditional Chinese: 江陰) is a city in China's Jiangsu province on the Yangtze River. It has an urban population of 110400 (est.2002). The Jiangyin Suspension Bridge, spanning the Yangtze, links the southern half of the province (Jiangnan) with the northern...

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762

drowned in the Yangtze river, having fallen from his boat while drunkenly trying to embrace the...

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Li River

Li River can refer to: Li River (also known as Lishui River , 澧水，pinyin: lǐ-shǔi) is a river in Hunan province of China, one of the Yangtze river's four largest tributaries in the province. Li River (also known as Lijiang River , 漓江，pinyin: lí-jiāng) is a river originating in the...

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Three Gorges

The Three Gorges area is a scenic area along the Yangtze river in China. It is now the location of the Three Gorges Dam, which has recently been completed. Most of what was once an exciting fast water riverboat passage through the three gorges is now a lake cruise, although the gorges were only...

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Paddlefish

) lives in the Yangtze River. 3-meter specimens weighing 300 kg have been recorded; the reports of... waters of the Mississippi River system...

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Towboat

quarters for the crew. Towboat and mixed cargo barges on the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river. Not to be...

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Battle of Nanjing

side of Yangtze River. On December 13, the 6th and the 116th Divisions of the Japanese Army first... the Yangtze River. On the same day, Nanjing fell to the Japanese. In the following 6 weeks the...

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Chinese River Dolphin

�) ( Lipotes vexillifer ) is a freshwater dolphin found only in the Yangtze River in China. It is the... , Whiteflag Dolphin , Yangtze Dolphin , and Yangtze River Dolphin . It is nicknamed "the Goddess of the Yangtze River" (長江女神) in China. Early history Fossil records indicate that the dolphins...

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Last Chance to See

New Zealand, the Yangtze river dolphin in China, Rodrigues fruitbats on the island Rodrigues, plus...

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Lishui River

Lishui River (also known as Li River , Chinese language: 澧水，pinyin: lǐ-shǔi) is a river in Hunan province of China, one of the Yangtze river's four largest tributaries in the province. Lishui... originations join the main river in Nancha of Sangzhi, then runs east. It flows into the Dongting Lake at...

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