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 6,300-kilometer-long Yangtze River plays an important role in China. The Yangtze River basin – with its fertile soil, highly developed agriculture and abundant mineral deposits – is ...

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 ...

Wetlands in the Middle Yangtze River Basin (MYRB) are facing significant ... by researchers from the China University of Geosciences and the National University of Singapore, examined the ...

The machine is used in the construction of the Haitai Yangtze River Tunnel in East China's Jiangsu province. The tunnel is a ...

China's Ministry of Water Resources said precipitation in the Yangtze River basin has been about half that of a normal year since July. It is the lowest since 1961, when statistics started being kept.

SHANGHAI--Water levels at China’s giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river are inching closer to ... Rainfall in the Yangtze basin has been well over double the seasonal average this year.

The 20th-century novelist Pearl S. Buck dubbed it "the wildest, wickedest river" for its murderous floods. So much of China's past lies on the Yangtze; now, a trip along the river also affords a ...