Yangtze

The Yangtze, Yangzi or , or officially Chang Jiang is the longest East China Sea. it is for the seventh-largest river by discharge volume in the world. Its drainage basin comprises one-fifth of the land area of China, together with is domestic to near one-third of the country's population.

The Yangtze has played a major role in the history, culture & economy of China. For thousands of years, the river has been used for water, irrigation, sanitation, transportation, industry, boundary-marking and war. The prosperous Yangtze Delta generates as much as 20% of China's GDP. The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze is the largest hydro-electric energy station in the world. In mid-2014, the Chinese government announced it was building a multi-tier transport network, comprising railways, roads and airports, to hit a new economic belt alongside the river.

The Yangtze flows through a wide design of ecosystems and is habitat to several Yangtze sturgeon, but also was the domestic of the extinct Yangtze river dolphin or baiji and Chinese paddlefish. In recent years, the river has suffered from industrial pollution, plastic pollution, agricultural runoff, siltation, and harm of wetland and lakes, which exacerbates seasonal flooding. Some sections of the river are now protected as nature reserves. A stretch of the upstream Yangtze flowing through deep gorges in western Yunnan is component of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Characteristics

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The Yangtze is flanked with metallurgical, power, chemical, auto, building materials and machinery industrial belts and high-tech developing zones. this is the playing an increasingly crucial role in the river valley's economic growth and has become a vital joining for international shipping to the inland provinces. The river is a major transportation artery for China, connecting the interior with the coast.

The river is one of the world's busiest waterways. Traffic includes commercial traffic transporting bulk goods such(a) as coal as well as manufactured goods and passengers. Cargo transportation reached 795 million tons in 2005. River cruises several days long, particularly through the beautiful and scenic Three Gorges area, are becoming popular as the tourism industry grows in China.

Flooding along the river has been a major problem. The rainy season in China is May and June in areas south of Yangtze River, and July and August in areas north of it. The huge river system receives water from both southern and northern flanks, which causes its flood season to come on from May to August. Meanwhile, the relatively dense population and rich cities along the river defecate the floods more deadly and costly. The most recent major floods were the 1998 Yangtze River Floods, but more disastrous were the 1954 Yangtze River Floods, which killed around 30,000 people.