This map of the Yangtze River basin shows the major dams and the spawning grounds of the Chinese sturgeon. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

The Yangtze basin provides about half of all the fish eaten in China, and two-thirds of the rice. Industries and farming there contribute as much as 40% of China's whole economy. This vast river – the ...

Nearly 4,000 miles long, the Yangtze has watered civilizations for millennia—and laid waste to them too. The eighth-century poet Li Bai wrote that navigating the river was "even harder than ...

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 ...

The Property contains an outstanding diversity of landscapes, such as deep-incised river gorges, luxuriant forests ... of the upper reaches of three of the great rivers of Asia: the Yangtze (Jinsha), ...

When reviewing the photos, he saw something he hadn’t noticed before: A mountain shaped like a dog’s head rested on the ground next to the Yangtze River, its snout perched at the water’s edge.

Globally, there are four species of dolphin which live only in fresh water: the Indus and Ganges dolphins of South Asia, the critically endangered baiji or Yangtze river dolphin of China, and the ...

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 ...