China abounds in rivers. More than 1,500 rivers each drain 1,000 square kilometers or larger areas. More than 2,700 billion cubic meters of water flow along these rivers, 5.8% of the world's total. Most of the large rivers find their source in the Qing

The Yellow River is the cradle of Chinese Culture as well as one of the drainage ar

Freshwater lakes, taking up one third of the total area of Chinese lakes, are low in salt content and mainly distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Huaihe River, and the southern Shandong

the Qinghai LakeSaltwater lakes, mainly distributed in the western area in China, r

The Huaihe River, the sixth largest river in China, flows from west to east, with the Yellow River in the north and the Yangtze River in the south. It is 700 kilometers in length and 400 kilometers in width, covering 270,000 square kilometers, of which th

The Pearl River is the third largest river in China, next to the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. Formed at Guangzhou by the

The Haihe River, the largest water system in northern china, is formed by five larg

The Heilongjiang River (the Amur River) is the northernmost major stream of China.

The Nujiang River has its origin on the southern side of the Ta

China has a famous man-made river -- the Grand Canal, running from Beijing in the n

Being one of the largest rivers in northern China, the Liaohe River is called the Mother River by people in Liaoning Provi

Tibetans refer to the Yarlung Zangbo River, the longest river in the region and als