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| Yangtze River (长江)
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| Chang Jiang
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Dusk on the Yangtze River
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| Kintra
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Cheenae
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| States
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Qinghai, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai
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| Tributaries
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| - left
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Yalong, Min, Tuo, Jialing, Han
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| - right
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Wu, Yuan, Zi, Xiang, Gan, Huangpu
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| Ceeties
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Yibin, Luzhou, Chongqing, Wanzhou, Yichang, Jingzhou, Yueyang, Wuhan, Jiujiang, Anqing, Tongling, Wuhu, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Nantong, Shanghai
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| Soorce
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Geladaindong Peak
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| - location
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Tanggula Muntains, Qinghai
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| - elevation
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5,042 m (16,542 ft)
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| - coordinates
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33°25′44″N 91°10′57″E / 33.42889°N 91.18250°E / 33.42889; 91.18250
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| Mooth
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East Cheenae Sea
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| - location
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Shanghai, an Jiangsu
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| - coordinates
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31°23′37″N 121°58′59″E / 31.39361°N 121.98306°E / 31.39361; 121.98306Coordinates: 31°23′37″N 121°58′59″E / 31.39361°N 121.98306°E / 31.39361; 121.98306
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| Lenth
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6,300 km (3,915 mi) [1]
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| Basin
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1,808,500 km2 (698,266 sq mi) [2]
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| Discharge
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| - average
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30,166 m3/s (1,065,302 cu ft/s) [3]
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| - max
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110,000 m3/s (3,884,613 cu ft/s) [4][5]
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| - min
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2,000 m3/s (70,629 cu ft/s)
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The course o the Yangtze River through Cheenae
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The Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang (Mandarin [ʈʂʰǎŋ tɕjáŋ]) is the langest river in Asie, an the third langest in the warld. It rins for 6,418 kilometre (3,988 mi) frae the glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghai eastle athort soothwast, central an eastren Cheenae afore teemin intae the East Cheenae Sea at Shanghai. It is ane o the mucklemaist rivers bi discharge volume in the warld. The Yangtze drains ane-fift o the laund aurie o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (PRC) an its river basin is hame tae a third o the PRC's population.[6]
