Stock photography, photos: Yantze River - China Stock photos of With a distance of 6,380 kilometers, the mighty Yangtze is the longest river in China and the third longest in the world after the Amazon in South America and the Nile in Africa. The most impressive section of the river is the three Yangtze River gorges: the Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge, collectively known as the Sanxia, or Three Gorges. Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: asia, china, dam, 3 gorges, three gorges, gorge, Yangtze, yangtse river, river