The Yangtze River flows through Qinghai, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanghai 1 1 provinces (autonomous regions), and its tributaries extend to parts of eight provinces (autonomous regions) such as Guizhou, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Fujian.
The Yellow River is the second longest river in China and the fifth longest river in the world, with a total length of 5,464 kilometers and a drainage area of 752,443 square kilometers. It originated from Zhaqu of Cha Hasila Mountain in Bayan Kara Mountains in Qinghai Province, Kariqu at the northern foot and Yuegu Zonglie in the west of Xinghai, showing a "few" shape. From west to east, it flows through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces, and flows eastward into the Bohai Sea, where more than 30 major tributaries and countless streams gather along the way. The middle reaches flow through the vast loess plateau, and many tributaries carry a lot of sediment into it, which is the river with the largest sediment concentration in the world. This river is yellow, hence its name. The Yellow River is the most important birthplace of Chinese civilization. People in China call it "Mother River".
The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and the third longest river in the world, with a total length of more than 6,300 kilometers and a drainage area of about 6,543.8+0.8 million square kilometers, accounting for 654.38+0.87% of the total area of China. Born in the northern foot of Tanggula Mountain in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, south of Gladding Winter Snow Mountain. The source of the river is Tuotuo River, and its main stream flows through Qinghai, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, etc. 1 1 province (city, district), passes through the three economic zones of Southwest China, Central China and East China, and flows into the East China Sea in Shanghai. Hundreds of tributaries extend to parts of Guizhou, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Fujian. The shape of the Yangtze River basin is long from east to west, short from north to south, high in the northwest and low in the southeast.