What is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world, flowing entirely within China?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Yangtze River (Chang Jiang)
- Step 1: The Yangtze River spans approximately 6,300 kilometers (3,915 miles) from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the East China Sea near Shanghai.
- Step 2: It is home to the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric power station by installed capacity.
Answer
Yangtze River (Chang Jiang)
Why not the others: 'Yellow River' is China's second-longest river, famous for carrying heavy loess silt; 'Mekong River' is a major transboundary river in Southeast Asia; 'Amur River' forms part of the Russia-China border.
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