The Yangtze River basin – with its fertile soil, highly developed agriculture and abundant mineral deposits – is densely populated with more than 400 million mu of cultivated land or about one ...

live in the area covered by the Yangtze’s river basin. The Yangtze basin provides about half of all the fish eaten in China, and two-thirds of the rice. Industries and farming there contribute as much ...

breaking the record for the longest blade handling operation in the Yangtze River basin. According to a video shared by China Global Television Network (CGTN), port workers used a gantry crane ...

More information: Peng Yang et al, Wetland and habitat dynamics in the evolving landscape of the Middle Yangtze River Basin, Journal of Geographical Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s11442-025-2314-7 ...

the network is expected to further improve the region's three-dimensional emergency rescue capacity. The fourth Yangtze River Delta International Emergency Disaster Reduction and Rescue Expo will ...

But where has this brimming river gone? There are daily reports of drought along the Yangtze River basin. The Asahi Shimbun recently carried a photo of a dried-up tributary, revealing its cracked ...

researchers have confirmed the use of silk in sacrificial rituals practiced by a civilization from the Bronze Age in the Yangtze River Basin. Silk was a key material in the development of the ...

An Asahi Shimbun reporter walked along the dry riverbed of the Yangtze River basin. The thermometer on his smartphone showed 42 degrees, exceeding the highest temperature ever recorded in Japan.