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The "Great River" with its entrance to the East China Sea marked as the "Mouth of the Yangtze" (揚子 江口) on the Jiangnan map in the 1754 Provincial Atlas of the Qing Empire. By the Han dynasty, Jiāng had come to mean any river in Chinese, and this river was distinguished as the "Great River" 大江 (Dàjiāng).
Chang Jiang or the "Long River" refers to the final 2,884 km (1,792 mi) of the Yangtze from Yibin through southeastern Sichuan, Chongqing, western Hubei, northern Hunan, eastern Hubei, northern Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangsu to the river's mouth in Shanghai. Chang Jiang is generally substituted by "Yangtze" in English usage.
Yangtze River (Chang Jiang 长江; upper reach known as Jinsha Jiang 金沙江 and Tongtian River 通天河) ... Interactive map with China's river basins, showing ...
River Countries Length km mi 1 Yangtze (Cháng Jiāng 長江) [1] China: 6,300 ... Yarlung Tsangpo (Yarlung Zangbo Jiang) [8] China, India, Bangladesh: 2,840 1,765 13
Yangtze River Delta Economic Region [3]. 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.
Map of the Three Gorges After arriving at Yibin ( 宜宾 ), in Sichuan Province ( 四川 ), the Yangtze River ( 长江 ) flows from Jiangjin ( 江津 ), of Chongqing Municipality ( 重庆 ), to Yichang ( 宜昌 ), of Hubei Province ( 湖北 ); and this section of the river is called Chuanjiang ( 川江 ), or "the river of Sichuan".
Yibin is also the confluence of the Min and Jinsha Rivers, which together form the Chang Jiang as the Yangtze River is known in Chinese, from Yibin to Shanghai. Cuiping Mountain Park ( 翠屏山公园 ; Cuìpíng Shān Gōngyuán ), located west of the confluence of those two rivers, provides views of downtown Yibin.
Yamuna River-India; Yangtze (Chang Jiang) - China - East China Sea; Yalu - North Korea, China - Korea Bay of the Yellow Sea; Yarkon River- Israel;