The largest river in China and the third largest river in the world, the 6,300-kilometer-long Yangtze River plays an important role in China. The Yangtze River basin – with its fertile soil ...

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 ...

A Journey Through Ancient History Sailing the Nile is like taking a step back in time. This legendary river, the lifeline of ...

The river Yangtze flows for 6,300 km, more than halfway across China. Its river basin is around 1.8 million sq km - almost a fifth of China's land area ...

A rare river dolphin may be one step closer to extinction as scientists fail to count any of the endangered species along China’s Yangtze River.

The Zhujiang (Pearl River) valley, which covers an area of 452,616 ... is second only to the Yangtze River and provides it with a power potential of 33 million kilowatts. It is second also to ...

The Yangtze river’s finless porpoise is one of the very few porpoises (relatives of dolphins and whales) that live in fresh water. Its small size and cute 'smile' make it much loved in China and ...

This story appears in the March 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. There is excellent cell phone coverage at the bottom of the Yangtze River, although Huang Dejian is one of the few ...

BEIJING--The ashes of late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin were scattered into the sea at the mouth of the Yangtze River on Sunday, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. A special plane carrying the ...