Yangtze

/ ˈjæŋktsɪ, ˈjæŋtsɪ /

noun

1. Also: Yangtze Kiang.  Chang Jiang.  Chang. the longest river in China, rising in SE Qinghai province and flowing east to the East China Sea near Shanghai: a major commercial waterway in one of the most densely populated areas of the world. The Three Gorges dam near Yichang, the world's biggest hydroelectric and flood-control project, was begun in 1994 and the dam was completed in 2003, with filling taking several years thereafter. Length: 5528 km (3434 miles)

Example Sentences

They focused on the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta, two areas that are home to several megacities and key industrial zones.

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The hassle was worth it for Bev and John Martin, who documented their trip on YouTube showing sights such as a neon-lit food street and the Yangtze River aerial tram.

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The goal now is to stop the Yangtze finless river porpoise - 1,200 of which remain in the wild, according to current estimates – from suffering the same fate.

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And this is a familiar story in the south of Jiangsu province, a manfucaturing hub along the Yangtze River that produces just about everything, from textiles to electric vehicles.

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When the government constructed the world's biggest dam in the 90s - the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River - it saw protests and criticism over its handling of relocation and compensation for thousands of villagers.

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