Yangtze Basin

Total Drainage Area: 1,808,500 km² (698,265 sq miles)

Economic heartland of China hosting one-third of the nation's population and the Three Gorges Dam.

Rivers in this Catchment (1)

Transboundary 6,300 km

Glacial-Alluvial Megariver Verified

Yangtze River

Chang Jiang, Blue River

Asia's longest river and the third-longest on Earth, supporting over 400 million people and the world's largest hydroelectric installation.

Length

6,300 km

Drainage Basin

Yangtze Basin

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