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Chang Jiang (river) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 47 12 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.7867 decimal degrees |
| Long: 121 08 29 E degrees minutes |
Long: 121.1414 decimal degrees |
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Note: Having a length of 3,915 miles (6,300 kilometers), it is the longest river in Asia and the third longest river in the world. Its basin extends for some 2,000 miles from west to east and for more than 600 miles from north to south, draining an area of 698,265 square miles. Its source is on the Plateau of Tibet, mouth is on the East China Sea. The Yangtze has eight principal tributaries: On its left bank, from source to mouth, these are the Ya-lung, Min, Chia-ling, and Han rivers, while on the right bank are the Wu, Yuan, Hsiang, and Kan rivers. |
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| Chang Jiang (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Chang Jiang (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin),U,N)
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| Ch'ang Chiang (C,V,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),U,N)
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............ | meaning "Long River" |
| Ch'ang Chiang (Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Yangtze (C,V,English,U)
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| Yangtze (Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Yangtze River (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | used mainly by Europeans, the name refers to the ancient fiefdom of Yang |
| Ta Chiang (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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............ | meaning "Great River" |
| Chang (C,V)
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............ | meaning "the river" |
| Yang-tzu Chiang (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Bleu (C,O)
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| Chang Kiang (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Di chu (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Do-chu (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Dre Chu (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Ta-kiang (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Yangtse (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Yang-tse Kiang (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Yangtsze (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Yangtze Kiang (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Yangzi (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Yangzi Jiang (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 长江 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| 扬子江 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Chang Jiang Pingyuan .......... (plain) |
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(World, Asia, Zhongguo) [7031905] |
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