Yangtze or Yangzi (English: /ˈjæŋtsi/ or /ˈjɑːŋtsi/ simplified Chinese: 长江; traditional Chinese: 長江; pinyin: Cháng Jiāng; lit. 'long river') is the longest...
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The Yangtze Delta or Yangtze River Delta (YRD, Chinese: 长江三角洲 or simply 长三角), once known as the Shanghai Economic Zone, is a megalopolis generally comprising...
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The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge (simplified Chinese: 南京长江大桥; traditional Chinese: 南京長江大橋; pinyin: Nánjīng Chángjiāng Dàqiáo), previously called the First...
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Baiji (redirect from Yangtze Dolphin)
vexillifer), is a possibly extinct species of freshwater dolphin native to the Yangtze river system in China. It is thought to be the first dolphin species driven...
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Yangtze civilization (simplified Chinese: 长江文明; traditional Chinese: 長江文明) is a generic name for various ancient Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures from...
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The Yangtze Patrol, also known as the Yangtze River Patrol Force, Yangtze River Patrol, YangPat, and ComYangPat, was a prolonged naval operation from...
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Three Gorges Dam (redirect from Yangtze Dam)
三峽大壩; pinyin: Sānxiá Dàbà) is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central...
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The Yangtze plate, also called the South China block or the South China subplate, comprises the bulk of southern China. It is separated on the east from...
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Silurus meridionalis (redirect from Yangtze catfish)
Silurus meridionalis, the Yangtze catfish, is a species of catfish found in Asia in the middle Yangtze River basin, China. This species reaches a length...
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The 1935 Yangtze flood struck China during a decade of flooding, famine and social turmoil. It is considered to be the fourth deadliest flood in recorded...
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1931 China floods (redirect from Yangtze river floods of 1931)
The 1931 China floods, or the 1931 Yangtze–Huai River floods, occurred from June to August 1931 in China, hitting major cities such as Wuhan, Nanjing...
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The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) is a species of toothed whale in the family Phocoenidae, the porpoise family. It is endemic...
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The Yangtze Service Medal is a decoration of the United States military which was created in 1930 for presentation to members of the United States Navy...
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plains along the Yangtze River and its major tributaries. The Yangtze Plain starts east of Yichang (Hubei province), China. The Middle Yangtze Plain is made...
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South–North Water Transfer Project (redirect from Yangtze River diversion)
kilometers (44.8 billion cubic meters) of fresh water each year from the Yangtze River in southern China to the more arid and industrialized north through...
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Nanjing (category Yangtze River Delta)
500 sq mi), and as of 2021[update] a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yangtze River Delta region, Nanjing has a prominent place in Chinese history and...
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Amethyst incident (redirect from Yangtze Incident)
The Amethyst incident, also known as the Yangtze incident, was a historic event that occurred on the Yangtze River for three months in the summer of 1949...
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China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd. (CYPC), known as Yangtze Power is a Chinese utilities company, headquartered in Beijing. The company is a component of SSE...
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Dabry's sturgeon (redirect from Yangtze sturgeon)
Dabry's sturgeon (Acipenser dabryanus), also known as the Yangtze sturgeon, Changjiang sturgeon and river sturgeon, is a species of fish in the sturgeon...
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Suparna Airlines (redirect from Yangtze River Express Airlines)
Originally an all-cargo airline, it was formerly known as Yangtze River Express and later Yangtze River Airlines after launching passenger services. The...
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Wuhan (category Populated places on the Yangtze River)
(武汉三镇). Wuhan lies in the eastern Jianghan Plain, at the confluence of the Yangtze river and its largest tributary, the Han River, and is known as "Nine Provinces'...
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Three Gorges (redirect from Yangtze Three Gorges)
are three adjacent and sequential gorges along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River path, in the hinterland of the People's Republic of China. With a...
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Chongqing (category Populated places on the Yangtze River)
Sichuan Basin and the upstream Yangtze, as well as for manufacturing and transportation. It is a connection in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and a base...
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Chinese alligator (redirect from Yangtze Alligator)
simplified Chinese: 鼍; traditional Chinese: 鼉; pinyin: tuó), also known as the Yangtze alligator (simplified Chinese: 扬子鳄; traditional Chinese: 揚子鱷; pinyin: yángzǐ'è)...
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largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, Jiangxi to...
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The Wuhan Yangtze Great Bridge (simplified Chinese: 武汉长江大桥; traditional Chinese: 武漢長江大橋; pinyin: Wǔhàn Chángjiāng Dàqiáo), commonly known as Wuhan First...
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Three Kingdoms (section South of the Yangtze)
territories south of the Yangtze (below Wuhan, Poyang region, and Hangzhou Bay). His navy established local superiority over the Yangtze. Nevertheless, he would...
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The Nanjing Yingtian Avenue Yangtze River Tunnel, formerly Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel, is a tunnel under the Yangtze River in Nanjing, China. The tunnel...
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Yangtze University (长江大学) is a provincial public university in Jingzhou, Hubei, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Hubei and primarily sponsored...
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the Yangtze River, which divides the province into northern and southern regions. The first bridge across the Yangtze in Hubei, the Wuhan Yangtze River...
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