where it empties into the East China Sea. Important cities along the way are Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing and Shanghai. With more than 700 tributaries, the Yangtze River system has a total catchment ...

Here’s how big the Yangtze is. 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 ...

Beijing has defied Tokyo’s repeated demands to remove a buoy set up within Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the East China Sea ... the waters near the Yangtze River estuary and ...

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 ...

Every year, these prehistoric fish journey some 2,000 miles from the East China Sea to their spawning grounds in the Yangtze River. Or, at least they used to. In recent years, this ancient ...

in soils and surface sediments from the middle Yangtze River catchment to the East China Sea (ECS) shelf. These data are compared to an up-to-date survey of BHP distributions in soils, including ...

Zhoushan sits at the junction of the Yangtze belt and the midpoint of China's east coast and is seen as a key driver of ...

Shanghai is China's most populous city, situated on the East China Sea at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Its urban population powers the city, which has become a global financial hub with world ...

Shanghai lies at the mouth of the Yangtze river on the coast of the East China Sea, and is one of the busiest ports in the world. Shanghai is a modern city with a sophisticated highway and metro ...

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 ...

Shanghai is China's most populous city, situated on the East China Sea at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Its urban population powers the city, which has become a global financial hub with world-class ...