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[84] [86] In September 2012, the Yangtze river near Chongqing turned red from pollution. [87] The erection of the Three Gorges Dam has created an impassable "iron barrier" that has led to a great reduction in the biodiversity of the river. Yangtze sturgeon use seasonal changes in the flow of the river to signal when is it time to migrate.
The earliest evidence of cultivated rice, found by the Yangtze River, was carbon-dated to 8,000 years ago. [10] Early evidence for millet agriculture in the Yellow River valley was radiocarbon-dated to about 7000 BC. [11] The Jiahu site is one of the best preserved early agricultural villages (7000 to 5800 BC).
History of the Yangtze This page was last edited on 19 January 2025, at 19:25 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Yangtze civilization (simplified Chinese: 长江文明; traditional Chinese: 長江文明) is a generic name for various ancient Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures from the Yangtze basin in China, a contemporary civilization by the neighboring Yellow River civilization.
Date Event 400 BC: Gan De was born. Shi Shen was born. The earliest surviving Chinese maps appeared. The first Chinese star catalogue was compiled. 389 BC: The Zuo Zhuan was published. 386 BC: The city of Handan was founded to serve as the Zhao capital. 381 BC: The Chu prime minister Wu Qi was murdered by nobles at the funeral of its king King ...
The Yangtze Delta or Yangtze River Delta (YRD, Chinese: 长江三角洲 or simply 长三角), once known as the Shanghai Economic Zone, is a megalopolis generally comprising the Wu-speaking areas of Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang, southern Anhui.
The Ulan Moron begins as melt-off from the Geladandong glaciers and runs to a confluence with the Dangqu or Dam Chu River, where they form the Tongtian River, which subsequently becomes the Yangtze River. Although the Dangqu has been found to be the source of the Yangtze under the usual modern criteria, the Ulan Moron has been traditionally ...
The First Yangtze River Bridge. The project of building the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, also known as the First Yangtze River Bridge, was regarded as one of the key projects during the first five-year plan. The Engineering Bureau of the First Yangtze River Bridge, set up by the Ministry of Railway in April 1953, was responsible for the design ...