River

Yangtze

The Yangtze runs through the Three Gorges, and the dam built across it is the world’s largest — its reservoir submerging two of those three gorges.

Source: science.nasa.gov

Where it is

On the Atlas Quest map, the Yangtze label sits at 30.6° N, 116.2° E, in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres.

Coordinates, names: Natural Earth, public domain.

Nearby places

The closest other places with pages here, measured between map label points:

• Asia — about 2,500 km north-west
• Lake Baikal — about 2,600 km north
• Ganges — about 3,100 km west
• Strait of Malacca — about 3,300 km south-west

Play with it

• Today’s daily geography challenge — one shared round, playable offline.
• Guess the country by its shape — six guesses, with distance and direction after each.
• Start with easy questions — familiar countries, hints and no time limit.