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The river Yangtze flows for 6,300 km, more than halfway across China. Its river basin is around 1.8 million sq km - almost a fifth of China's land area ...

The Central ... all countries are yet to be developed. Improved technical management capacity at the regional and national level and more open sharing of data and information at the regional level ...

At over 2,200 kilometres (1,370 miles) long, the Syr Darya is estimated to be the longest river in Central Asia, ahead of the Amu Darya. Both rivers of this landlocked region were over-exploited ...