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The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia, which stretches over 5,470 km through central China.
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The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia, which stretches over 5,470 km through central China. To the Chinese it is more than often called the Chang Jiang, meaning "Long River". Traditionally the river has been seen as both a blessing and a curse. It flows from the peaks of the Kunlun Mountains in the southwest of Qinghai Province through Sichuan, Hubei, Anhui and Jiangsu Provinces in the northeast, east and central parts of China, until it finally reaches the mouth of the East China Sea, north of Shanghai. During the heavy rainfalls, lakes Dongting and Poyang receive some of the overflow but not even these lakes can prevent the banks of the river from bursting, which lead to heavy flooding. During the twentieth-century devastating floods have occurred in 1905, 1980, and 1981. The worst, killing 1,200 people in 1995. Following the most recent flood in 1995, the Chinese...
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