middle reaches of the Yangtze River

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The middle reaches of the Yangtze River are a broad, fertile section of central China’s Yangtze basin characterized by extensive plains, major lakes, and dense agricultural and urban development.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
river reach
adjacentTo Dongting Lake Plain
Jianghan Plain
Poyang Lake Plain
characterizedBy broad alluvial plains
dense agricultural development
dense urban development
fertile floodplains
climate humid subtropical climate
contains extensive wetlands
large river-lake network
numerous tributaries
economicRole important industrial corridor
key inland shipping route
major grain production base of China
environmentalIssue flood risk
water pollution
wetland degradation
flowsThrough Hubei Province
Hunan Province
Jiangxi Province
hasMajorCityOnBanks Ezhou
Huangshi
Jiujiang
Wuhan
Yichang
Yueyang
hasMajorLake Dongting Lake
Hong Lake NERFINISHED
Poyang Lake
hasSection Jingjiang River
hasTributary Gan River
Han River
Xiang River
Yuan River
Zi River
hydrologicalRole flood regulation zone of the Yangtze River
linkedByTransport Yangtze River waterway
railway corridors of central China
locatedIn China
Yangtze River basin
central China
majorCrop cotton
rapeseed
rice
partOf Yangtze River
middle and lower Yangtze Plain
subjectTo monsoon rainfall
seasonal flooding

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Central China ("Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River")
hasSubregion
YREB ("Middle reaches of the Yangtze River")
includesRegion
Huanggang ("Middle reaches of the Yangtze River")
isPartOf
Wuhan ("Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River")
locatedIn
Huanggang ("middle Yangtze River basin")
locatedInGeographicalRegion
Jianghan Plain
partOf
Dabie Mountains ("Middle Yangtze region")
partOfLargerRegion
Huangshi ("Yangtze middle reaches")
riverSection

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