Yangtze River

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World Wildlife Fund: Yangtze River & Lakes - A Global Ecoregion
NASA: Geomorphology
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Yangtze River News

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People's Daily Online: Artificial Rainfall Adds 6.7 bln Cubic Meters of Water at Yangtze... (2008)
National Public Radio: Concerns Rise with Water of Three Gorges Dam (2008)
Guardian Unlimited: Yangtze River Dolphin Driven to Extinction (2007)

Yangtze River History and Background

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Early History

China Internet Information Center: Clues Found to China's Origins
Ancient Chinese Rice Archeology Project: Origin of Rice Agriculture on the Middle and Lower Yangtze River

Modern History

Naval Postgraduate School: Yangtze River Patrol
People's Daily Online: The Fourth Yangtze River Bridge Starts Construction in Nanjing (2008)
Terra Daily: Massive Pollution in Yangtze River Can be Reversed (2007)
SharkFriends Baiji Page: The Yangtze River Dolphin: Baiji

Yangtze River Travel

Sinoway Travel: Three Gorges
Destination360: Yangtze River
Regent-China Today Tours: Yangtze
YangtzeRiver.org: Yangtze River Transportation Guide

Yangtze River Travel Packages

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TravelChinaGuide: Yangtze River Cruise
Elderhostel: China Odyssey: Train and Yangtze River

Yangtze River Activities

Outside Online: Rafting the Yangtze River, China
Bike China Adventures: Bicycle Tour
TravelChinaGuide: 7 Day Yangtze River Hiking Tours

Yangtze River Photos and Videos

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Yangtze River Blogs and Forums

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Wetdawg: Paddling the Yangtze
The Raw Story: Fears for Biodiversity in China's Yangtze River

Yangtze River Organizations and Societies

Yangtze River Books and Merchandise

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Guide Note

The Yangtze River is China's major river, covering 6300 kilometers from its source in northeastern China to its exit into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is the longest river in Asia, and the third longest in the world, after the Nile River and Amazon River. Its length has historically made it a demarcation point between northern and southern China, and its navigability made it an important shipping route throughout the large country.

Fast Facts

Runs from the Tibetan Plateau to the East China Sea
Over 6300 kilometers long
Contains the Three Gorges region, an archaeologically rich area
Three Gorges Dam is having an adverse impact on the river basin
Major transportation and shipping route through China

River History

The Yangtze River flows through a region of China called Three Gorges, important not only for its beauty but also for archaeological evidence of human activity from 27,000 years ago. As well, the river was an important division between historical regions of China, and was often the site of military conflicts between those regions.

Dam Controversy

China's plan to build the Three Gorges Dam aroused much controversy over its impact on the areas. This concern stems not only from the ecological effects, but also that it would cause many areas around the dam to be permanently flooded.

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