2.5 The Rivers in China: Yangtze River 中国河流:扬子江
Rivers are cradles of human civilization, and China's rivers gave birth to the people of China. China has vast territories with many far-reaching rivers that carry great volumes of water. Since many major rivers originate from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where the water falls a great distance as it travels, the hydraulic power resources of China's rivers rank first in the world.