With its numerous tributaries and lakes and large amounts of converging waters, the middle section of the Yangtze River accounts for 47.3 percent of the river’s total runoff.

Nearly 4,000 miles long, the Yangtze has watered civilizations for millennia—and laid waste to them too. The eighth-century poet Li Bai wrote that navigating the river was "even harder than ...

A healthy Yangtze River is critical to China’s future, says Kirsten Schuijt, Director General of WWF International in her Foreword to the Living Yangtze 2022 report. The river basin is home to ...

Flood Fears in China's East as Rain Swells Yangtze River Levels July 03rd, 12PM ... on Tuesday that water levels in sections of the middle and lower courses of the Yangtze River exceeded the ...

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 ...

The Three Gorges are three adjacent gorges on the Yangtze River's course through Chonging and Hubei provinces. Spanning some 193km, the gorges are known both for their spectacular scenery and the ...

China is suffering its worst drought on record as soaring temperatures dry up key parts of the Yangtze River, damaging crops and limiting drinking-water supplies in some central and southern ...

Rainfall in the Yangtze River basin is down 45% below normal levels, and as many as 66 rivers in the Chongqing region are drying up. The heat wave plaguing the area isn’t expected to let up for ...

Rising water levels in the Yangtze River following intense rains in southern ... The rain belt causing floods in areas around the middle and lower course of China's Yangtze River will begin to ...