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The River Yangtze, also called the Chang Jiang, is the longest river in China and Asia and the third longest in the world after the Amazon in South America and the Nile in Africa. It has its source high in the snow-capped mountains of western China.

The Yangze river has over 700 tributaries but the principal tributaries are the Hun, Yalong, Jialing, Min, Tuo Jiang, and Wu Jiang.

Further information

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www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/geography/rivers/FeatureArticles/yangtze.htm

cgee.hamline.edu/rivers/Resources/river_profiles/Yangtze.html

library.thinkquest.org/20443/g_yangtze.html

www.thewaterpage.com/yangtze.htm