yangtze
IPA: jˈæŋktsˈi
Root Word: Yangtze
noun
- The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing 6300 km from the Tanggula Mountains in Qinghai, passing Chongqing, Wuhan, and Nanjing, and emptying into the East China Sea beside Shanghai.
Examples of "yangtze" in Sentences
- A truce set the border at the Yangtze River.
- He was forced to advance west on the Yangtze.
- These are centered around the Yangtze restaurant.
- Satellite tracking of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise.
- Campaigns at the midstream and downstream Yangtze River.
- It is located on the northern bank of the Yangtze river.
- Industrial and residential waste flowed into the Yangtze.
- In 1937, the complexion of life for the Yangtze gunboats changed.
- Rice was first domesticated in the region of the Yangtze river valley.
- It's been an hour and the group of volunteers aboard the rickety fishing boat are still yet to spot a Yangtze finless porpoise.