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Yangtze River
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Geology and Tectonics
The Yangtze Basin lies within the Indo-Australian Plate collision zone, although its immediate geological structure is heavily influenced by the ancient Yangtze Craton. The river's path through the Three Gorges region demonstrates remarkable examples of fluvial incision through uplifted Paleozoic and Mesozoic strata. Seismic activity along the Xianshuihe Fault Zone occasionally alters minor river gradients upstream, leading to ephemeral, localized changes in the river’s eas…