Question

3. What are the two important rivers in China? Why are they important?

Answer 1

The Yellow River in the north, and the Yangzi River in the south are the most important rivers in China.

These rivers have sustained the Chinese people for many generations. In ancient times, the geographic features of China isolated the country from the rest of the world. Natural barriers, such as mountains, deserts, rivers, and seas, made travel to and from China challenging. The two rivers allowed the spread of ideas and goods between the ancient Chinese and others outside the region.

Answer 2

Two great rivers run through China Proper: the Yellow River in the north, and the Yangtze (or Yangzi ) River to the south. In fact, most of China Proper belongs to the drainage-basins of these two rivers. Both originate to the far west in the Tibetan Plateau. The much smaller Xi River cuts through southern China.