<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The course of the Yangtze River through China </Td> </Tr> <P> The Yangtze (English: / ˈjæŋtsi / or / ˈjɑːŋtsi /), which is 6,380 km (3,964 mi) long, is the longest river in Asia and the third - longest in the world . The river is the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country . It drains one - fifth of the land area of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its river basin is home to nearly one - third of the country's population . The Yangtze is the sixth - largest river by discharge volume in the world . </P> <P> The English name Yangtze derives from the Chinese name Yángzǐ Jiāng (listen), which refers to the lowest 435 km (270 mi) of the river between Nanjing and Shanghai . The whole river is known in China as Cháng Jiāng (listen; literally: "Long River"). </P> <P> The Yangtze plays a large role in the history, culture and economy of China . The prosperous Yangtze River Delta generates as much as 20% of the PRC's GDP . The Yangtze River flows through a wide array of ecosystems and is habitat to several endemic and endangered species including the Chinese alligator, the narrow - ridged 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 largest hydro - electric power station in the world . </P>

Is the chang river the same as the yangtze river
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