Yangtze-Kiang
the chief river of KIANG, the chief river of China"; uniting all the central provinces of that country. It lies between Tibet Ocean on the E., and, including its many windings, has an estimated length of elevated region of central Asia, and it and Kokonor on the W. and the Pacific 3,400 miles. Its source is found in the then S. E. through the province of flows first S. through a level country and Yun-nan, and finally N. by E. with several turns to the S. If its many tributaries, their fertile valleys, and the vast population they support, be considered, the Yangtze- Kiang is the greatest river in the world.