This map of the Yangtze River basin shows the major dams and the spawning grounds of the Chinese sturgeon. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

The river Yangtze flows for 6,300 km, more than halfway across China. Its river basin is around 1.8 million sq km - almost a fifth of China's land area ...

The Yangtze basin provides about half of all the fish eaten in China, and two-thirds of the rice. Industries and farming there contribute as much as 40% of China's whole economy. This vast river – the ...

The Chinese government has officially launched a data centre to track operations on the Yangtze River, one of the country’s busiest waterways, according to an article from Xinhau News shared by the ...

The Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia, used to be one of the only two rivers in the world that was home to two different species of dolphin—the Yangtze finless porpoise and the Baiji dolphin.

Among the many cruises along the world’s most famous rivers, I feel like the ones on China’s Yangtze are often forgotten. But cruising along this mighty river is the best way to appreciate the ...