January 13 1978 (, Dimba years twelfth lunar month, the fifth day), the the Yangtze source and length re-confirmed. confirmed



The Three Gorges
results to investigate the source of the Yangtze River in 1978, the Yangtze River Valley Planning Office of the Organization: the source of the Yangtze River is not in the Bayan Har Mountains foothill, but rather in The Tanggula the main peak Gladin winter snows Shanxi south side Tuotuohe. Yangtze's total length of 6300 km, the denial of the original statement of 5800 km. The area of ​​the Yangtze River for more than 180 million square circles km, the annual average of about l one trillion cubic meters of surface runoff. 48 of the Yangtze River for more than 10,000 square kilometers of tributaries, crow testifies Jiang, Wujiang River, Jialing River, Hanjiang, Ganjiang. The intersection of the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, into the East China Sea in Shanghai. the 1978 elderly Jiang Jiangyuan expedition members
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