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    The document provides information about two major rivers in China: the Changjiang (Yangtze) River and the Pearl River. It states that the Changjiang is the longest and busiest river in Asia, flowing over 6,300 km from Qinghai Province to the East China Sea. It supports agriculture, industry, and transportation for over 700,000 square miles encompassing 35% of China's population, or 430 million people. The Pearl River is the third longest in China, composed of three river systems flowing through a leading economic region and manufacturing center for over 57 million people.

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    The document provides information about two major rivers in China: the Changjiang (Yangtze) River and the Pearl River. It states that the Changjiang is the longest and busiest river in Asia, flowing over 6,300 km from Qinghai Province to the East China Sea. It supports agriculture, industry, and transportation for over 700,000 square miles encompassing 35% of China's population, or 430 million people. The Pearl River is the third longest in China, composed of three river systems flowing through a leading economic region and manufacturing center for over 57 million people.

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    Changjiang and Pearl River

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    The document provides information about two major rivers in China: the Changjiang (Yangtze) River and the Pearl River. It states that the Changjiang is the longest and busiest river in Asia, flowing over 6,300 km from Qinghai Province to the East China Sea. It supports agriculture, industry, and transportation for over 700,000 square miles encompassing 35% of China's population, or 430 million people. The Pearl River is the third longest in China, composed of three river systems flowing through a leading economic region and manufacturing center for over 57 million people.

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    CHANGJIANG
    Longest and Busiest river in Asia

    LOCATION LENGTH & BASIN KEY ECONOMIC


    Rises from Qinghai SIZE ACTIVITIES
    Province, and flows 6,300 km Agriculture
    6,300 Km to the East 1.8M km2 Industry
    China Sea Transportation
    CHINA TOTAL LAND AREA

    20% Yangtze watershed


    encompasses 700,000 square
    miles or 1.8 x 10^8 square km 

    430M
    POPULATION
    35% of all Chinese in the world (by the end
    of 2003) live in the Yangtze watershed

    40M
    POLLUTANT (TONS)

    Industrial and sewage waste


    PEARL RIVER 
    THIRD LONGEST RIVER
    IN CHINA

    LOCATION ECONOMIC  POPULATION

    Composed of 3 Leading economic Approximately

    separate river systems : region 57.15 M (2013)

    Xi Jiang, Bei Jiang, Dong Major manufacturing Main source of

    Jiang center Chinese emigration

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