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Yangtze

 [yang-see, -tsee; Chin. yahng-tse]  

Yang·tze

   [yang-see, -tsee; Chin. yahng-tse]
noun
Older Spelling. Chang Jiang.
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Also called Yangtze Kiang  [kyahng] .
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Yangtze (ˈjæŋtsɪ, ˈjæŋktsɪ)
 
—n
Yangtze Kiang, Chang Jiang, Also: Chang the longest river in China, rising in SE Qinghai province and flowing east to the East China Sea near Shanghai: a major commercial waterway in one of the most densely populated areas of the world. The Three Gorges dam near Yichang, the world's biggest hydroelectric and flood-control project, was begun in 1994 and the dam was completed in 2003, with filling taking several years thereafter. Length: 5528 km (3434 miles)

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