REPUBLIC
OF CHINA (Taiwan) / 中華民國 (臺灣).Yangtze River.
Fouth stamp in a set of 5, issued on 15.05.1993.
Face value: 5 Taiwanese new dollars.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 8,900,000 copies.
Size: 41 x 25.5 mm.
Catalogs
- Michel No. 2120.
- Scott No. 2899.
- StampWorld No. 2112.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2130.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2056.
The
Yangtze or Yangzi (Chinese: 長江)
is the longest river in Asia. It is the longest in the world to flow entirely
within one country (the current People's Republic of China). It rises at Jari
Hill in the Tanggula
Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows 6,300 km (3,900 mi) in a generally
easterly direction to the East China Sea. Its drainage basin comprises
one-fifth of the land area of continental China. The Yangtze has played a major
role in the history, culture and economy of China. For thousands of years, the
river has been used for water, irrigation, sanitation, transportation,
industry, boundary-marking and war. The Yangtze flows through a wide array of
ecosystems and is habitat to several endemic and threatened species including
the Chinese alligator,
the narrow-ridged
finless porpoise and the Yangtze sturgeon,
but also was the home of the extinct baiji and Chinese paddlefish.
In recent years, the river has suffered from industrial pollution, plastic
pollution, agricultural runoff, siltation, and loss of wetland and lakes, which
exacerbates seasonal flooding. Some sections of the river are now protected as
nature reserves. A stretch of the upstream Yangtze flowing through deep gorges
in western Yunnan is part of the Three Parallel
Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).
