in china
the Yangtze
4,300
because it was good for farming and the soil was rich.
Major rivers of China are Huange He river and the yellow river.
The Great Wall was begun around 220BC by the Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang. Huange commanded local rulers to erect the wall which was maintained until the 16th century.
Nile 4,135 miles North/East Africa Amazon 3,980 miles South America Chang Jiang (Yangtze) 3,917 miles China Mississippi-Missouri 3,870 miles USA Yenisey 3,434 miles Russia
Chinas physical geography affected the development of its early civilization, because they were not close to any other countires, so they did not know to trade with other countries or did not know any other cultures. Just like the Nile River in Egypt, the Huange He floods and deposits yellowish silt called loess. Loess is then used to farm.