Yangtze River Resource Ⅰ

Yangtze Cruise in Yangtze River Resource

Yangtze River has richest water yield of China. The total amount of the water yield is 9.616 Billion cubic meters accounting for 36% of the amount of all of the main stream of China's. It is twenty times as the amount of Yellow River's.

In the world, it ranks the 3rd. The other two rivers are respectively the Amazon and the Congo River.

With the largest River Basin, Yangtze Cruise developed better than some of other rivers of the world. Besides there are many magnificent sceneries along Yangtze River such as Three Gorges and White Emperor City, Yangtze Cruise attracts people not only for its own prominent facilities and comfortable service, but also the unforgettable attractions in Yangtze River history.

Water Resource in Yangtze River History

It is 700000 kilometers long of the available navigation of Yangtze River accounting for more than 70%. The main stream and the branches of Yangtze River form the largest inland river transportation system with the Jing-Hang Canal together. (Jing-Hang Canal means from Beijing to Hangzhou). The main channel is 2713 kilometers long from Yibin City, Sichuan Province to the Yangtze River estuary. There are more than 700 tributary channels which the main tributary is more than 50.

The navigation center is respectively Chongqing Municipality, Wuhan City, Changsha City, Nanchang City, Wuhu City and Shanghai Municipality.

The available navigation of Yangtze River ranks the No.1 of the world.

Agriculture Resource in Yangtze River History

Due to the location of Yangtze River, the climate is warm and definitely different in seasons in Yangtze River Basin. Thus the agriculture condition such as sunlight, the heat, the soil and the water is advanced.

In Yangtze River history, the plough area covers more than 24.6 million hectare in Yangtze River Basin accounting for 1/4 of the total amount of China. And the agriculture output accounts for more than 1/3 of China. The grain output accounts for 40% which the paddy output accounts for 40% of China and the cotton output accounts for over 1/3. Besides that, the commercial crop also plays the important role of China.

Yangtze River Basin is the key agriculture production base of China.

The south part of Yangtze River Basin is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It has a wide grassland with plenty sunlight. The natural condition is beneficial to the pasture growth. Thus it becomes the important pasturing area of China. The main livestock are Tibetan yak, Tibetan sheep, Tibetan goat, and Tibetan horse.

In the lower reaches of Yangtze River, the agriculture industry and aquaculture industry develop advanced in China such as Shanghai Municipality and Jiangsu Province. Thus the Yangtze River Basin is the key base of animal husbandry.