1、Welcome to Yangtze River!,Guide: Luo Miao,Yangtze River,The river is about 6,211 km long,Amazon River,It is nearly 6371 km long.,Nile,The Nile is 6670 km in length.,Introduction:,The Yangtze River is about 6,211 km long and flows from its source in Qinghai Province, eastwards into the East China Sea
2、 at Shanghai.,It has traditionally been considered a dividing line between North and South China, although geographers consider the Qinling-Huai River line to be the official line of geographical division. As the largest river in the region, the Yangtze is historically, culturally, and economically
3、important to China.,沱沱河,虎跳峡,瞿塘峡,西陵峡,巫峡,Yangtze River starts with the Tuotuo River at the Roof of the World-Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, takes in countless rivers, and flows eastward across the interior of China.,Ladandong Snow Mountain,The cradleland,Tanggula mountain,Jinsha River runs about 35 kilometers
4、 and cuts through the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and the Haba Snow Mountain,then,the world-famous canyon Tiger Leaping Gorge has formed.,Tiger Leaping Gorge,The legend says that someone has seen a tiger jumpping over the river,so peaple called it Tiger leaping Gorge.,The acient city - Lijiang,The Lij
5、iang old city had 800 years history. Situated in the northwest plateau in Yunnan,Lijiang (the Beautiful river)consists of Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County .,沱沱河,虎跳峡,瞿塘峡,西陵峡,巫峡,When the yangtze river reaches the eastern sichuan basin in southwest china,it cuts through the wushan mountain.here the river
6、 course suddenly narrows and the waters become turbulent.sheer cliffs and steep mountain rise on either side,creating one of natural most fantastics sights,The Three Gorges,Qutang Gorge,Wuxia Gorge,Xiling Gorge,Qutang Gorge is the smallest and shortest Gorge, but grandest of the three.,Wu Gorge exte
7、nds 40 kilometers along which the river snakes between based strange-shaped mountain peaks, each of which has a reputation based on a beautiful legend,Down stream from the Wuxia Gorge is Xiling Gorge ,which stretches 78 kilometers eastward and the cliffs on either side rise to just over 900 meters.,
8、Baidi Town,Dongting Lake,Boyang Lake,Yellow Crane Tower,West Lake,Shanghai,Brief Summary :,地形,地貌:relief / landscape 高原 plateau ：the Tibet Plateau发源地 cradleland山区 the mountain area or region山脉 mountain chain峡谷 canyon / gorge :Tiger Leaping Canyon / the Three Gorge盆地 basin ：Sichuan Basin上游 upper reaches the middle and lower reaches plain of Yangtze River 长江中下游平原 丘陵 hills ：hilly land丘陵地带 梯田 a terraced filed 谷地 valley (小)草原 meadow (大)草原 prairie 沼泽marsh, bog, swamp 沙漠 desert 沙丘 dune 绿洲 oasis 热带 tropical 亚热带 subtropical 温带 temperate 寒带 frigid,The End,Thank you!,
