The lower Yangtze River starts from Hukou to its estuary. Here, the increased flow is only 6.3 percent of the river’s total and the Huangpu is the largest of the few tributaries. The section ...

The areas of the middle and lower Yangtze River have a warm and humid climate, plentiful rainfall and fertile soil, making them important agricultural regions. The Yellow River is the second ...

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 about half of all the fish eaten in ...

A recent archaeological seminar in East China's Anhui Province revealed that the Shenduntou site, a typical Zhou Dynasty (1046BC-256BC) copper smelting site in the lower Yangtze River region ...

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.

Native to China’s Yangtze River, the Chinese paddlefish was thought by many to be the world’s largest freshwater fish, with reports of individuals reaching a mind-boggling 23 feet in length ...

The Three Gorges Dam, China’s marvel on the Yangtze River, is one of the world’s ... expects several benefits: lower power needs, a rise in shipping capacity, increased passenger traffic ...