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	Yangtze River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America.
		The Yangtze is the third longest river in the world, after the Nile and Amazon.
		Traditionally, the upstream part of the Yangtze River refers to the section from Yibin to Yichang; the middle part refers to the section from Yichang to Hukou, where Boyang Lake meets the river; the downstream part is from Hukou to Shanghai.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yangtze_River (1659 words)

	yangtze river - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Yangtze River (扬子江;, Yngzǐ Jiāng) or Yangtze Kiang is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Amazon in South America and the Nile in Africa.
		However, because this was the name first heard by missionaries, it has been applied in English to the entire river.
		Flooding along the river has been a major problem, most recently in 1998, but more disasterously the 1954 Yangtze river floods killed around 30,000 people.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Yangtze-River (486 words)

	Young Water Action Team \| Knowledge Base \| River Basin Report: Yantze River
		The Chang Jiang, known as the Yangtze Kiang is the largest river of China and the third largest of the world.
		Yangtze Kiang is the name given by the Chinese, meaning Long River and that’s what the Yangtze is with 6300 kilometre length.
		For many years the catchments-area of the Yangtze was used to produce as lot food as possible and on a small piece of fertile ground for as many people as possible.
	www.ywat.org /knowledgebase/riverbasins/as-yantze.html (1212 words)

	Chang Jiang : Information and resources about Chang Jiang : School Work Guru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Cháng Jiāng(known as Yangtze River, also as Changjiang River, or Long River; Traditional Chinese: "長江", Simplified Chinese:"长江", lit.
		The river is also called Yángzǐ Jiāng (楊子江, alternately Yangtze Kiang).
		Yangtze River Cruise: Cruises to the Yangtze River.
	www.schoolworkguru.org /encyclopedia/c/ch/chang_jiang.html (302 words)

	Yangtze River Patrol and Other US Navy Asiatic Fleet Activities in China, 1920-1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Yangtze Patrol, plus the Helena, was assembled off Woosung, and held practice during May, with the exception of the Palos, required for patrol duty on the upper Yangtze.
		Division 3 was engaged in patrolling the Yangtze.
		The Yangtze Patrol, augmented by destroyers of the Asiatic Fleet, and the Houston, flagship of the commander in chief, cooperated with United States consular officials at Hankow and Nanking, rendering assistance in those areas, and standing by to evacuate United States nationals.
	www.history.navy.mil /library/online/yangtze.html (9685 words)

	China_story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Wuhu is the center of the rice exporting business along the lower Yangtze and in the prosperous days several ship loads of rice left daily.
		This is a conspicuous pinnacle rook famous as a Yangtze landmark.
		Kiang means river and Kuikiang means nine rivers, it is a "treaty port" and therefore in normal times of commercial importance, particularly as a center of green tea export from the provinces of Anhwei and Kiangsi.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/turkeytales/China_story.html (4782 words)

	Oahu
		One of six river gunboats built for use on the Yangtze Kiang in south central China, Oahu departed Shanghai on her shakedown cruise 3 November 1928, proceeding upriver to Chungking, 1300 miles inland, stopping at the open treaty ports enroute and returning to Shanghai 2 June 1929.
		She then operated all along the Yangtze from the river’s mouth to Chungking and in the tributaries in protection of American lives and property into the 1930’s.
		In the course of her service with the Yangtze Patrol Force, the gunboat convoyed American and foreign merchantmen up and down the river, supplied armed guards to U.S. and British river craft, landed bluejackets at treaty ports threatened by unrest and evacuated foreign nationals in times of danger.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/o1/oahu-i.htm (489 words)

	Yangtze River Cruise,Yangtze Cruises,Ships, Scenery, Schedules, Map
		Yangtze River Tour specializes in Yangtze river cruise tours to the Three Gorges.
		The Yangtze River, the cradle of Chinese civilization, originates in a glacier in the Danggula Mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in western China, the roof of the world, with an average altitude of over 4,000 meters (about 17,717 feet).
		The most spectacular part of its journey is through the Three Gorges (including the Qutang Gorge, the Wu Gorge and the Xiling Gorge), the, which stretch from Fengjie County in Chongqing to Yichang City in Hubei Province, where the mighty river surges through forested hills.
	www.yangtzerivertour.com (552 words)

	Dipl.-Ing J. Tenckhoff - Jiangtsekiang - Pictures from the Yangtze River
		About ten years ago the okay was given to build the largest reservoir in the world: the three gorge dam on the Yangtze Kiang in China.
		The dam will dam the Yangtze river at Wuhan so that it is an almost 700 km long reservoir.
		In 1988 we could still travel on the Yangtze at the point which will soon be a reservoir.
	www.tenckhoff.com /countries/china/jangtse/index_en.html (233 words)

	HISTORY,Zogam,history,Early History & Migration,zro,Zogam,Reunification,Organisation
		The area which lies between the upper course of the Yangtze Kiang and the Hwang Ho Rivers are believed to be the original home of these people.
		Chatterji also makes an attempt to identify the area of the “North-West China, between the head waters of the Hwang Ho and the Yangtze Kiang Rivers” as the origin of the Sino-Tibetan migration into India and Burma.
		Grierson wrote “tradition and comparative physiology agree in pointing to North-Western China between the upper course of the Yangtze Kiang and of the Hwang Ho as the original home of the Tibeto-China race, to which the Tibeto-Burman and the Siamese-Chinese groups belong”.
	www.zogam.org /history.asp?article=history_14 (1150 words)

	H.M.S. Falcon - Royal Navy Gunboats in China and the Far East
		The Yangtze is a perilous river with multiple rapids and a water level that is entirely dependant on the seasons and weather.
		The water in the Yangtze is deep enough for destroyers and sloops to sail from Shanghai to Hankow all year round.
		The Seamew was assigned to the West River (the Hsi Chiang (sometimes "Si Kiang" or "Xi Jiang") - the longest river in southern China whose mouth is in the Hong Kong-Macau area).
	www.hmsfalcon.com (6705 words)

	THE YANGTZE KIANG CANYONS IN YUNNAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		One scenic wonder seen on the Hump route, were the awesome canyons of the Yangtze Kiang River near Likiang in the Yunnan Province.
		A few Jesuit priests described the Yangtze Kiang Canyons in sketchy terms in the 17th Century.
		Joseph F. Rock, an American, was sponsored by the National Geographic Society to explore this region in the 1920s.
	www.40thbombgroup.org /matthews/Ira46.htm (438 words)

	American Merchant Ships on the Yangtze, 1920-1941 — www.greenwood.com
		Grover has provided a careful study of American merchant ships and their captains on the Yangtze River in the interwar years.
		Description: This work describes the activities of a handful of American companies and about eighty American captains who were trying to run ships on China's great river during the treacherous days between the two world wars.
		The considerable physical dangers of the Yangtze itself were compounded by the greater human hazards imposed by constant fighting among warlords, piracy, brigandry, kidnapping, opium and munitions smuggling, corruption, seizures, and other forms of intimidation.
	www.greenwood.com /catalog/C4337.aspx (338 words)

	Yangtze River - ArticleWorld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world.
		Chang Jiang is the new name assigned to Yangtze River.
		==Origin and course==The Yangtze River is 6,380 km long.
	www.articleworld.org /index.php/Yangtze_River (300 words)

	eBay.co.uk - Yangtze, Militaria, Fabric Textiles, Antiquarian Books Pre-1940 items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze (colour illust.) 1937
		Yangtze River valley China antique art glass slide
		Yangtze Valley China Beyond Bird Bishop 1900 2 Vol.
	search.ebay.co.uk /Yangtze_W0QQfclZ4QQfnuZ1 (320 words)

	riverchina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Itinerary: The ships go on three and five-night cruises of the Yangtze River between Chongqing, one of the principal commercial centers, Wuhan, the gateway to the provinces, and between Wuhan and Shanghai.
		Itinerary: Yangtze River between Wuhan, Hubei Province and Chongqing from late March to early December.
		Itinerary: This boat cruises on the Yangtze between Chongqing and Wuhan from March to December.
	www.smallshipcruises.com /riverchina.html (2516 words)

	yangtze - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Yangtze, yangtze : LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
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	www.onelook.com /?w=yangtze&ls=a (175 words)

	Valued Comment
		These are the opening words of "The Vessel of Wrath," a short story by W. Somerset Maugham.
		His explanation is straightforward: "For four shillings you can buy the Yangtze Kiang Pilot, containing a description of, and sailing directions for, the Yangtze Kiang from the Wusung River to the highest navigable point, including the Hans Kiang, the Kialing Riang and the Min Kiang …."
		Reading detailed scholastic commentaries on classics of world literature is quite similar to the pleasure described by Maugham.
	www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2000/04/01/102-print.html (439 words)

	T S A - Records for USS Yangtze Kiang NCC-72453 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Yangtze Kiang was one of the first Runabouts assigned to station Deep Space Nine.
		The ship crashed near a penal-colony on a moon in the Gamma Quadrant after coming under fire from orbital defences.
		This ship is often erroneously referred to as the Yangtzee Kiang.
	www.starfleetarchive.com /ships/?id=2650 (160 words)

	Find in a Library: Children of the Yangtze River
		Find in a Library: Children of the Yangtze River
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/7ffdee37a265743aa19afeb4da09e526.html (44 words)

	TIME.com: Far Eastern Alliance -- Aug. 28, 1933 -- Page 1
		Socony's ships thoughtfully slow down so that their wash will not upset frail sampans bound down river.
		Two thousand miles due south of the Yangtze lie the Dutch East Indies, whence Royal Dutch-Shell and its swart, dynamic head, Sir Henri Deterding, began their march around the world.
		In these oil fields Standard Oil, not of New York but of New Jersey, has a heavy stake.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,930122,00.html (721 words)

	Yangtze Kiang - English-French Dictionary - WordReference.com
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	Yangtze Kiang- WordWeb dictionary definition
		The longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai
		- Chang Jiang, Changjiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze River
		Part of: China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China
	www.wordwebonline.com /en/YANGTZEKIANG (38 words)

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