Definition of Chang jiang

1. Noun. The longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai.


Definition of Chang jiang

1. Proper noun. An alternative name for the Yangtze River in central China. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chang Jiang

Chancellorsville
Chancy
Chandi
Chandigarh
Chandler
Chandler syndrome
Chandleresque
Chandlerish
Chandlerism
Chandpur District
Chandra
Chandrasekhar limit
Chanelism
Chanelisms
Chang
Chang Jiang
Chang Kuo
Chang Kuo-lao
Changan
Changchun
Changsha
Changtzu
Changzhou
Chania
Channel
Channel Island fox
Channel Island foxes
Channel Island milk
Channel Islands
Channel Islands National Park

Literary usage of Chang jiang

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Daily Geography Practice by Sandi Johnson (2004)
"chang jiang (Yangtze) 4. Huang He (Yellow) Length 4160 miles (6695 km) 4000 miles (6437 km) 3900 miles (6275 km) 3000 miles (4830 km) Rivers of the World ..."

2. Planet Geographyby Stephen Codrington by Stephen Codrington (2005)
"... (452000 square kilometres) make it the fourth largest river in China, while its discharge places it second behind the Yangtze River (or chang jiang). ..."

3. Health Information for International Travel edited by Rosamond R. Dewart (1999)
"The present endemic area of schistosomiasis (bilharziasis) is in the central chang jiang (Yangtze) river basin in China; active foci no longer occur in ..."

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