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Yangtze River

The 3rd longest river in the world

6,300 km

The Yangtze River stretches roughly 6,300 km, flowing through People's Republic of China, making it one of the world's major rivers.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

Other major rivers

  1. Amazon6,992 km
  2. Nile6,650 km
  3. Bian River5,806 km
  4. Yellow River5,464 km
  5. Paraná River4,880 km
  6. River Congo4,700 km
  7. Mekong River4,350 km
  8. Lena River4,294 km