what sea does the yangtze river flow into?
East China Sea
contradiction
 An important function of the dam is to control flooding , which is a major problem for the seasonal river of the Yangtze . Millions of people live downstream of the dam , with many large , important cities like Wuhan , Nanjing , and Shanghai situated adjacent to the river . Plenty of farm land and China 's most important industrial area are built beside the river . 

contradiction
 The Yangtze River in the area of Jing Province ( covering present @-@ day Hubei and Hunan provinces ) was key to the success of this strategy . If Cao Cao was to have any hope of reuniting the sundered Han empire , he had to achieve naval control of the middle Yangtze and command the strategic naval base at Jiangling as a means of access to the southern region ( de Crespigny 2003 ) . Two warlords controlled the regions of the Yangtze that were key to Cao Cao 's success : Liu Biao , the Governor of Jing Province , controlled the area west of the mouth of the Han River , roughly encompassing the area around the city of Xiakou and all territory south of that region . Sun Quan controlled the river east of the Han and the southeastern territories abutting it ( de Crespigny 2007 : 773 ) . A third ally , Liu Bei , was living in refuge with Liu Biao at the garrison in Fancheng ( in present @-@ day Xiangyang ) , having fled from the northeast to Jing Province following a failed plot to assassinate Cao Cao and restore power to the imperial dynasty ( de Crespigny 2007 : 480 ; de Crespigny 1969 : 258 ) . 

neutral
 Yangtze River Planning Office , Ministry of Water Conservancy and Electric Power 

entailment
 Before 3 CE , the course of the Yellow River had emptied into the Bohai Sea at Tianjin , but the gradual buildup of silt in its riverbed — which raised the water level each year — overpowered the dikes built to prevent flooding and the river split in two , with one arm flowing south of the Shandong Peninsula and into the East China Sea . A second flood in 11 CE changed the course of the northern branch of the river so that it emptied slightly north of the Shandong Peninsula , yet far south of Tianjin . With much of the southern North China Plain inundated following the creation of the Yellow River 's southern branch , thousands of starving peasants who were displaced from their homes formed groups of bandits and rebels , most notably the Red Eyebrows . Wang Mang 's armies tried to quell these rebellions in 18 and 22 CE but failed . 

entailment
 Covering approximately 9 @.@ 6 million square kilometers , China is the world 's second largest state by land area , and either the third or fourth @-@ largest by total area , depending on the method of measurement . China 's landscape is vast and diverse , ranging from forest steppes and the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts in the arid north to subtropical forests in the wetter south . The Himalaya , Karakoram , Pamir and Tian Shan mountain ranges separate China from south and central Asia . The Yangtze and Yellow rivers , the third and sixth longest in the world , respectively , run from the Tibetan Plateau to the densely populated eastern seaboard . China 's coastline along the Pacific Ocean is 14 @,@ 500 kilometres ( 9 @,@ 000 mi ) long , and is bounded by the Bohai , Yellow , East China , and South China seas . 
