Yangtze

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]

Yangtze River (长江)
Chang Jiang
Dusk on the Yangtze River
Kintra	Cheenae
States	Qinghai, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai
Tributaries
- left	Yalong, Min, Tuo, Jialing, Han
- right	Wu, Yuan, Zi, Xiang, Gan, Huangpu
Ceeties	Yibin, Luzhou, Chongqing, Wanzhou, Yichang, Jingzhou, Yueyang, Wuhan, Jiujiang, Anqing, Tongling, Wuhu, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Nantong, Shanghai
Soorce	Geladaindong Peak
- location	Tanggula Muntains, Qinghai
- elevation	5,042 m (16,542 ft)
- coordinates	33°25′44″N 91°10′57″E / 33.42889°N 91.18250°E / 33.42889; 91.18250
Mooth	East Cheenae Sea
- location	Shanghai, an Jiangsu
- coordinates	31°23′37″N 121°58′59″E / 31.39361°N 121.98306°E / 31.39361; 121.98306 121°58′59″E / 31.39361°N 121.98306°E / 31.39361; 121.98306
Lenth	6,300 km (3,915 mi) [1]
Basin	1,808,500 km2 (698,266 sq mi) [2]
Discharge
- average	30,166 m3/s (1,065,302 cu ft/s) [3]
- max	110,000 m3/s (3,884,613 cu ft/s) [4][5]
- min	2,000 m3/s (70,629 cu ft/s)
The course o the Yangtze River through Cheenae