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China: Yangtze River

The Yangtze River, the lifeline of China, originates in a glacier in the Dangla Mountains of Tibet and runs for 4,200 miles. It is the third longest river in the world after the Nile and Amazon. Throughout history, people have been drawn to the Yangtze...

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06 Jan 10 visit Glacier at source of Yangtze River retreats  »  People's Daily &$ &$Ships navigate in the Yangtze river, Dec. 3, 2009. The Yangtze River, the longest river in China linking the western, eastern and central regions, whose main channel coursing over a distance of 2,800 kms, has long been famed as the "golden channel"...
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