Next - find Anhui

Mom says Zoe is in a town called Chuzhou (it sounds like Chew joe) in the Anhui Province of China. We are going to meet her first in Hefei. Hefei is the capital of the Province. A Province is like one of our states but they are pretty big.

One of the three big rivers that are in China, runs right through the province. In the summertime it rains so much that this river floods the cities. The building where Zoe lives has been flooded before - they had to go upstairs!

Yangtze RiverYangtze River or Yangtze Kiang is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Amazon in South America and the Nile in Africa. The name Yangzi was originally used by local people to refer to the lower reaches of the river. However, because this was the name first heard by missionaries, it has been applied in English to the entire river. The name is found in many forms, including Yangtse River, Yangtsze Kiang, etc. The Chinese name of the river is Chang Jiang , literally meaning Long River, and this name is also found on many modern maps in English. The Yangtze is sometimes referred to as the Golden Waterway. The river is about 6,380 km long. It has traditionally been considered a dividing point between north China and south China, although the Huai River also shares the claim.
source: Onpedia