Yangtze River

Definition: Yangtze River

Yangtze River

Noun

1. The longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai.

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Synonyms: Yangtze River

Crosswords: Yangtze River

Books

• Business Opportunities in the Yangtze River Delta, China (reference)

• Children of the Yangtze River (reference)

• The Yangtze River (reference)

• Yangtze River (Rivers and Lakes) (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Yangtze River, Three Gorges section. Credit: CDC.

Fishermen and boats on Yangtze River in early morning fog. Credit: CDC.

The Yangtze River bridge at Nanking. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

This is particularly true of small, inland river ports along the Yangtze River. (references)

China's inland river ports, primarily on the Yangtze River, handle less traffic than do the coastal ports. (references)

Before this declaration, Hutchison Whampoa had already locked in several "sweetheart" first-right-of-refusal contracts to develop most of the ports south of the Yangtze River, including Shanghai. (references)

Economic History

China

Water scarcity also is an issue; for example, severe water scarcity in Northern China is a serious threat to sustained economic growth and has forced the government to plan a largescale diversion of water from the Yangtze River to northern cities, including Beijing and Tianjin. (references)

China

Critics claim that erosion and silting of the Yangtze River threaten several endangered species, while Chinese officials say the dam will help prevent devastating floods and generate clean hydroelectric power that will enable the region to lower its dependence on coal, thus lessening air pollution. (references)

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Chinese 

長江 (Changjiang River). (various references)

Dutch

Jangtsekiang (Yangtse-Kiang, Yangtze). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

長江 (Changjiang River), 揚子江 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ようす�"う, ちょう�"う (auditing, blushing, bringing tribute, carver, Changjiang River, composure and dignity, engraver, favor, grace, indication, lecture attendance, lengthy consideration, lengthy lecture, omen, sculptor, sign, symptom, thickness). (various references)

Pig Latin

yangtzeay iverray

Portuguese

RioAzul (Yangtze), IangtzeKiang (Yangtze). (various references)

andouille, Anguilla anguilla, Anguilla vulgaris, anguille commune, anguille de rivière, anguille d'Europe, Anguillidae, VE Anguilla anguilla, VE anguille. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: veterinary.

-3 letters: retearing, reverting, veratrine.

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-5 letters: agenize, agentry, angrier, arenite, avenger, earring, engrave, grainer, granite, grantee, granter, gratine, gravity, grazier, greaten, greater, griever, ingrate, integer, naivete, naivety, negater, nervate, nervier, rangier, ravener.