京口瓜洲一水间水指长江。长江(英文名称:the Changjiang River/the Yangtze River)发源于“世界屋脊”——青藏高原的唐古拉山脉各拉丹冬峰西南侧。干流流经青海省、西藏自治区、四川省、云南省、重庆市、湖北省、湖南省、江西省、安徽省、江苏省、上海市共11个省级行政区(八省二市一区),于崇明岛以东注入东海,全长6387公里,在世界大河中长度仅次于非洲的尼罗河和南美洲的亚马逊河,居世界第三位。
Jingkou Guazhou Yishuijianshui refers to the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River (English name: the Changjiang River/the Yangtze River) originates from the southwest side of the Geladandong Peak of the Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the "Roof of the World". The main stream flows through 11 provincial administrative regions (eight provinces, two cities and one region) including Qinghai Province, Tibet Autonomous Region, Sichuan Province, Yunnan Province, Chongqing City, Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Jiangxi Province, Anhui Province, Jiangsu Province, and Shanghai City, and flows into the East China Sea east of Chongming Island. It is 6,387 kilometers long, ranking third in the world in terms of length, second only to the Nile River in Africa and the Amazon River in South America.