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Known as the longest river in Asia, Yangtze River is also the third longest in the world. It is about 6,300 kilometers long and it flows from its source in Qinghai Province to East China Sea at Shanghai. Yangtze River is considered to be a dividing line between North and South China.

It originated in a glacier in the Dangla Mountains found on the eastern part of the Tibetan plateau. Just after it enters Hubei, the river receives more water from numerous lakes. It is also said that four of China’s five main freshwater lakes contribute their waters to the river. It is very significant to the cultural origins of southern China and human activity was found in the Three Gorges area as far back as seven thousand years ago. The Yangtze River serves as the home to two critically endangered species namely, the Chinese Alligator and the Chinese Paddlefish.

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