Yangtze River

The Yangtze River, Yangzi River ( or ) or Chang Jiang () is the longest river in China and the third-longest river in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and flows for , including the Dam Qu River, the longest source of the Yangtze, in a generally easterly direction to the East China Sea. It is the fifth-largest primary river by discharge volume in the world. Its drainage basin comprises one-fifth of the land area of China, and is home to nearly one-third of the country's population.

Largest freshwater lake in China, located in Jiangxi Province

The baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) is a possibly extinct species of river dolphin native to the Yangtze river system in China. It is thought to possibly be the first dolphin species driven to extinction due to the impact of humans. This dolphin is listed as "critically endangered: possibly extinct" by the IUCN, has not been definitively seen in over 20 years, and several surveys of the Yangtze have failed to find it. The species is also called the Chinese river dolphin, Yangtze river dolphin, Yangtze dolphin, and whitefin dolphin. The genus name Lipotes means "left behind" and the species epithet

national park in China

extinct large freshwater fish native to China

species of fish

species of fish

delta of the Yangtze River, China

gorges in the Yangtze River, in China

Baidicheng or Baidi Fortress (lit. White Emperor City) is an ancient fortress and temple complex on a hill on the northern shore of the Yangtze River in China, 8 km east of the present day Fengjie County seat in Chongqing municipality.

species of porpoise

species of fish

series of alluvial plains along the Yangtze river

alluvial Plain of the Yangtze River in Hubei, China

gorge in the Yangtze River

thumb|Poster displayed at the Baiheliang Underwater Museum showing the configuration of the White Crane Ridge before the construction of the [[Three Gorges Dam]] thumb|A Qing dynasty carved fish, previously placed on the White Crane Ridge, now displayed in the museum.

thumb|Yangzhou He Garden Jianghuai (; pinyin: Jiānghuái) is a geographical area in China referring to the plain between the area north of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and near the lower reaches of the Huai River Basin, especially in northern Jiangsu, northern and central Anhui.

The Sanjiangyuan () is an area of the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai province, China which contains the headwaters of three great rivers of Asia: the Yellow, the Yangtze, and the Mekong. Parts of the area were protected as the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve (SNNR), also called the Three Rivers Nature Reserve. The reserve consisted of 18 subareas, and each contained three zones which were managed with differing degrees of strictness. In 2015, the Chinese government decided to implement a new national park system; Sanjiangyuan National Park was the first national park to be established in the

gorge on the Yangtze River in Hubei province, China

large complex of shrines, temples and monasteries dedicated to the afterlife located on the Ming mountain

island in Jiangsu, China

Myxocyprinus is a monotypic genus of freshwater fish in the monotypic subfamily Myxocyprininae within the family Catostomidae, with its only species being Myxocyprinus asiaticus. It grows to about long.

theatre in Chongqing, China

river in People's Republic of China