Yangtze River

Rivers and Lakes of China　See also: Yellow River

The longest river in China, about 6,300 km, known in its upper reaches as the Tuotuo, Tongtian and Jinsha rivers. Its basin covers roughly 1.8 million sq km and includes the Three Gorges, Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake. Rises in Geladandong peak, Tanggula Mountains, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Flows into the East China Sea. Flows through Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai.

In 2014 China Post issued 2014-20 “The Yangtze River”, nine stamps: the great river flowing east, the hills and waters of Chongqing, the wonders of the Three Gorges, the river in Hubei and Hunan, the waters of Mount Lu, Huangshan, spring in Nanjing, water towns by the river and flowing east into the sea.

Stamp: The Yangtze River

Parks and sites (9)

Yunnan

Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan: High mountains and gorges; wildlife
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Lijiang: Snow mountain, old town, gorge, lake, matriarchal Mosuo culture

Chongqing

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze: Deep V-shaped gorges
Lesser Three Gorges

Hunan

Dongting Lake: Lake; one of the famous towers of the south

Anhui

Caishi: Yangtze rock promontory; sites of the poet Li Bai
Lake Chao

Jiangsu

Cities along the river: Panzhihua, Yibin, Luzhou, Chongqing, Yichang, Jingzhou, Yueyang, Wuhan, Ezhou, Huangshi, Jiujiang, Anqing, Chizhou, Tongling, Wuhu, Maanshan, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou, Taizhou, Nantong, Shanghai.