The '''য়াংজে নদী (Yangtze River)''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|pron|ˈ|j|æ|ŋ|t|s|i}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|ɑː|ŋ|t|s|i}}), ([[Mandarin Chinese|Chinese]]: 长江, ''Cháng Jiāng''), known(চীনা inনাম China as the- '''''Chang Jiang''''' ortheবা '''Yangzi''',) isএছিয়াৰ theআটাইতকৈ longestদীঘল [[riversআৰু ofবিশ্বৰ Asia|riverভিতৰত inতৃতীয় Asia]]সৰ্বোচ্চ andদৈৰ্ঘ্যৰ theনদী [[List৷ ofrivers by length|third’Qinghai-longest]]Tibet inPlateau’ theৰ world.বৰফাবৃত অঞ্চলৰ Itপৰা flows for {{Convert|6300|km|mi|0|sp=us}} from the glaciers on the [[Qinghaiদক্ষিণ-Tibet Plateau]] in [[Qinghai]] eastward across [[Southwest China|southwest]]পশ্চিম, [[Southকেন্দ্ৰীয় Centralআৰু China|central]]পূব andচীনৰ [[Eastমাজেদি China|easternবৈ China]]গৈ beforeচাংহাইৰ emptyingপূব intoচীন theসাগৰ ([[East China Sea]]) atত [[Shanghai]].মিলিত হোৱালৈকে Theএই riverনদীয়ে isপ্ৰায়''' thelongest{{Convert|6300|km|mi|0|sp=us}} inদুৰত্ব theঅতিক্ৰম world to flow entirely within one country.কৰে৷ এই Itনদীয়ে drainsচীনৰ oneএক-fifthপঞ্চমাংশ ofঅঞ্চলৰ theপানীৰ landপ্ৰধান areaউৎস ofআৰু theএই [[People'sনৈৰ Republicউপত্যকা ofচীনৰ China]] (PRC) and its river basin is home to oneএক-thirdতৃতীয়াংশ ofজনসংখ্যাৰ theবাসস্থান [[Demographics of the People's Republic of China|country's population]].৷<ref>[http://www.cjw.gov.cn/index/river/liuyugk-3.asp?link=1]. Accessed 10 Sept 2010. {{zh icon}}</ref> The Yangtze is also [[List of rivers by discharge|one of the biggest rivers by discharge volume in the world]].
The Yangtze River plays a large role in the [[history of China|history]], [[culture of China|culture]] and [[economy of China]]. The prosperous [[Yangtze River Delta]] generates as much as 20% of the [[Historical GDP of the People's Republic of China|PRC's GDP]]. The Yangtze River flows through a wide array of ecosystems and is itself habitat to several [[Endemism|endemic]] and endangered species including the [[Chinese alligator]], the [[finless porpoise]], the [[Chinese paddlefish]], the (possibly extinct) [[Yangtze River dolphin]] or ''baiji'', and the [[Yangtze sturgeon]]. For thousands of years, the river has been used for water, irrigation, sanitation, transportation, industry, boundary-marking and war. The [[Three Gorges Dam]] on the Yangtze River is the [[List of the largest hydroelectric power stations|largest hydro-electric power station in the world]].<ref>
