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The Yangtze is the longest river flowing entirely within one nation
Stretching for 6,300 kilometres across China, the Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia.
Rising in the Tibetan Plateau, the Yangtze flows eastwards to discharge into the East China Sea near Shanghai. Its basin accounts for roughly twenty per cent of the land area of China and supports one third of the country's population. The river is home to the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric power station.
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- Stretching for 6,300 kilometres across China, the Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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