The Yangtze River is on which continent?
Yangtze Yangtze The Yangtze ( or ), which is 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. The English name "Yangtze" derives from the Chinese name Yángzǐ Jiāng (), which refers to the lowest of the river between Nanjing and Shanghai. The whole
Steamboats on the Yangtze River hardly capable of the upstream journey. In 1929 alone, of 67 Yangtze steamers three were totally destroyed by the rapids with 47 casualties; a thousand junk sailors perished every year. Of course, the Royal Navy had three generations of gunboats on the Yangtze River spanning fifty years. The first were the "Heron"-class river gunboats, of which HMS "Nightingale" [1897-98]; and HMS "Robin", HMS "Sandpiper", HMS "Snipe" served on Yangtze and West Rivers until 1914 and were sold in 1919. Later, in the "Woodcock" Class of gunboats came into service: these included the "Woodcock", "Moorhen", "Teal" and "Widgeon". The "Insect"-class gunboats,