With more than 700 tributaries, the Yangtze River system has a total catchment area of 1.8 million square kilometers, 19 percent of the country’s total area, which mainly lies in the sub ...

Yangtze River is so large that it has a whopping 700 tributaries. Eight of those tributaries have a basin area of more than ...

This followed 12 days of the water in parts of the Yangtze River and its tributaries exceeding alert levels, said the minister. The Changjiang River Water Resources Commission, which uses the ...

SHANGHAI--China’s biggest river, the Yangtze, and several of its tributaries have risen to dangerous levels after days of heavy rain, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes and ...

There are daily reports of drought along the Yangtze River basin. The Asahi Shimbun recently carried a photo of a dried-up tributary, revealing its cracked riverbed. In the prolonged heat wave ...

As it moves further, tributaries like the Dibang and Lohit ... the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in central China. The Yarlung Tsangpo originates in Tibet and flows into India, where ...

Here’s how big the Yangtze is. A third of all the inhabitants of China (which means more than 400 million people) live in the area covered by the Yangtze’s river basin. The Yangtze basin provides ...

The Yangtze river’s finless porpoise is one of the very few porpoises (relatives of dolphins and whales) that live in fresh water. Its small size and cute 'smile' make it much loved in China and ...