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Why is 25% of China’s farmland located in the Yangtze River basin?

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The 700,000-square-mile Yangtze River basin provides water, transport, and food for almost one-third of China's 1.3 billion people and supplies more than 40% of the country's GDP. It is also one of the 3rd longest river.

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There is amazing farmland there, The climate is good, the water is sufficient, and the growing season is usually on the longer side.
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