Yangtze River

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geographical feature river waterway

The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and a crucial waterway in China, supporting major cities, transportation, agriculture, and hydroelectric power.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
Yangtze River basin	11
Yangtze River valley	3
Yangtze River waterway	3
Chang Jiang	1
Changjiang River	1
Jiang (Yangtze) River	1
Lower Yangtze River	1
Three Gorges Dam region (partly)	1
Yangtze River Basin	1
Yangtze River at Chongqing	1
Yangtze River at Wuhan	1
Yangtze River corridor	1
Yangtze River headwaters	1
Yangtze River water system	1
Yangtze River waterway system	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ river ⓘ waterway ⓘ
associatedProtectedArea	Three Gorges Reservoir Region ⓘ
basinArea	about 1.8 million square kilometers ⓘ
basinCountry	China ⓘ
climateZones	from alpine to subtropical ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important in Chinese history and culture ⓘ
deltaLocation	eastern China ⓘ
ecologicalIssue	habitat loss ⓘ overfishing ⓘ pollution ⓘ
ecologicalRole	habitat for diverse freshwater species ⓘ
economicRole	major transportation corridor in China ⓘ supports intensive agriculture in its basin ⓘ supports major industrial regions ⓘ
flowsDirection	generally west-to-east ⓘ
flowsThrough	Anhui ⓘ Chongqing ⓘ Hubei Province ⓘ surface form: Hubei Hunan Province ⓘ surface form: Hunan Jiangsu ⓘ Jiangxi Province ⓘ surface form: Jiangxi Qinghai ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ Sichuan Province ⓘ surface form: Sichuan Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ Yunnan Province ⓘ surface form: Yunnan
formerNotableSpecies	Yangtze river dolphin (baiji) ⓘ
hasDelta	Yangtze River Delta ⓘ
hydroelectricProject	Gezhouba Dam ⓘ Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
hydroelectricRole	major source of hydroelectric power in China ⓘ
length	about 3916 miles ⓘ about 6300 kilometers ⓘ
localName	Yangtze River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chang Jiang
localNameLanguage	Chinese ⓘ
majorTributary	Han River ⓘ Jialing River ⓘ Min River ⓘ Wu River ⓘ Yalong River ⓘ
mouth	East China Sea ⓘ
mouthLocation	Shanghai ⓘ
nameMeaning	Long River ⓘ
navigationRole	important inland waterway for freight transport ⓘ supports passenger transport ⓘ
notableSpecies	Yangtze finless porpoise ⓘ
passesThroughCity	Chongqing ⓘ Nanjing ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ Wuhan ⓘ
rankByLength	longest river in Asia ⓘ third-longest river in the world ⓘ
relatedRegion	Yangtze River Economic Belt ⓘ
sourceCountry	China ⓘ
sourceLocation	Tanggula Mountains ⓘ
sourceRegion	Tibetan Plateau ⓘ surface form: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
supportsCityCluster	Yangtze River Delta ⓘ surface form: Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration

Referenced by (112)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese Central China Area Army commanders → areaOfResponsibility → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River valley

Baoshan District → borders → Yangtze River ⓘ

Han River → confluenceWith → Yangtze River ⓘ

subject surface form: Han River (Hubei)

this entity surface form: Yangtze River at Wuhan

Han River (Wuhan) → confluenceWith → Yangtze River ⓘ

Jialing River → confluenceWith → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River at Chongqing

eastern China → contains → Yangtze River ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern China

this entity surface form: Lower Yangtze River

Eurasia → contains → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River basin

Hubei Province → contains → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Three Gorges Dam region (partly)

Asia → containsRiver → Yangtze River ⓘ

Wuhan Metro → crosses → Yangtze River ⓘ

Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge → crosses → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Changjiang River

Jianghan Plain → drainageBasin → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River basin

Snake Hill → elevationRelativeTo → Yangtze River ⓘ

baiji → endemicTo → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River basin

Yangtze River Economic Belt → follows → Yangtze River ⓘ

Jianghan Plain → formedByRiver → Yangtze River ⓘ

Central China → hasMajorRiver → Yangtze River ⓘ

Higashi Shina Kai → hasMajorRiverMouth → Yangtze River ⓘ

East Asia → hasRiver → Yangtze River ⓘ

Hanyang District → hasRiver → Yangtze River ⓘ

Huangshi → hasRiver → Yangtze River ⓘ

Jiangsu → hasRiver → Yangtze River ⓘ

Ma’anshan → hasRiver → Yangtze River ⓘ

Huanggang → hasTransportLink → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River waterway

Snake Hill → hasViewOf → Yangtze River ⓘ

Port of Shanghai → hasWaterwayConnection → Yangtze River ⓘ

Huai River → historicallyEmptiedInto → Yangtze River ⓘ

Han River → isMajorTributaryOf → Yangtze River ⓘ

subject surface form: Han River (Hubei)

Yangtze River Economic Belt → keyRiver → Yangtze River ⓘ

middle reaches of the Yangtze River → linkedByTransport → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River waterway

Yangtze River → localName → Yangtze River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chang Jiang

YREB → locatedAlong → Yangtze River ⓘ

Hanyang → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Yangtze River ⓘ

Hanyang District → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Yangtze River ⓘ

Chongming District → locatedAtMouthOf → Yangtze River ⓘ

Port of Shanghai → locatedAtMouthOf → Yangtze River ⓘ

East Lake → locatedEastOf → Yangtze River ⓘ

subject surface form: East Lake (Wuhan)

State of Chu → locatedIn → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River valley

Xiangyang → locatedIn → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River basin

Yangtze River Economic Belt → locatedIn → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River Basin

middle reaches of the Yangtze River → locatedIn → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River basin

Snake Hill → locatedNear → Yangtze River ⓘ

Xiantao → locatedNear → Yangtze River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River basin

British concession in Hankow → locatedOn → Yangtze River ⓘ

Changzhou → locatedOn → Yangtze River ⓘ

Huangshi → locatedOn → Yangtze River ⓘ

Jingzhou → locatedOn → Yangtze River ⓘ

Ma’anshan → locatedOn → Yangtze River ⓘ

Wuchang District → locatedOn → Yangtze River ⓘ