Yangtze River, China stretches from western China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
to the East China Sea. Sprawling over nine provinces, the river is 6,300 kilometers
long. Flowing through a vast area, the river has acquired more than half a dozen
names. Over the years the Yangtze River has been the main transport. The ocean
going cargo ships of China pass through the river from Shanghai before entering
the sea. Thousands of boats crowding the harbor of Shanghai before entering the
sea has made the city one of the major place in terms of commercial activities.
Jiangsu Province is a large raice growing plain land, survives entirely on
the massive amount of silts deposited by the Yangtze River every year. Today
this land is the most profitable agricultural land of China, amounting to 35%
of the rice production of the world by China alone. Besides the fertile land
of silt deposition, Yangtze also provides irrigation to Jiangsu.
Besides the economic and agricultural importance of the river, Yangtze also
adds to the scenic beauty of the China. The picturesque landscape created by
the river is a perfect escape into the solitude from the busy city lives. The
river originated from the North of the Himalayan Range from a huge glacier in
Tibet located at a height of 4,900 meter above the sea level. Yangtze winds
through the Three Gorges, Xiling, Wu, and Qutang sprawling over an area of 192
km.
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