The Yangtze River, the longest river in China, had a total length of 64,668 kilometers of inland waterway transport in 2021. In the same year, the Yellow River, the second-longest river in China, had a total inland waterway transport length of 3,533 kilometers.
Inland waterway length in China as of 2021, by river (in kilometers)
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Ministry of Transport of China. (May 25, 2022). Inland waterway length in China as of 2021, by river (in kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/258363/inland-waterway-breakdown-in-china-by-rivers/
Ministry of Transport of China. "Inland waterway length in China as of 2021, by river (in kilometers)." Chart. May 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/258363/inland-waterway-breakdown-in-china-by-rivers/
Ministry of Transport of China. (2022). Inland waterway length in China as of 2021, by river (in kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/258363/inland-waterway-breakdown-in-china-by-rivers/
Ministry of Transport of China. "Inland Waterway Length in China as of 2021, by River (in Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/258363/inland-waterway-breakdown-in-china-by-rivers/
Ministry of Transport of China, Inland waterway length in China as of 2021, by river (in kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/258363/inland-waterway-breakdown-in-china-by-rivers/ (last visited March 27, 2023)
Inland waterway length in China as of 2021, by river (in kilometers) [Graph], Ministry of Transport of China, May 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/258363/inland-waterway-breakdown-in-china-by-rivers/