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Yellow River
Major river in China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other Yellow Rivers, see Yellow River (disambiguation).
"Huang He" redirects here. For the actor, see Huang He (actor).
"Huang River" redirects here. For the Huai River tributary, see Huang River (Huai River tributary).
The Yellow River (simplified Chinese: 黄河; traditional Chinese: 黃河; pinyin: Huáng Hé) is the second-longest river in China,[2] after the Yangtze; with an estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi) it is the sixth-longest river system on Earth.[3] Originating at an elevation above 15,000 feet (4,600 metres)[4] in the Bayan Har Mountains, it empties into the Bohai Sea. The Yellow River basin was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization.[5][6] Its yellow sediments are carried downstream from the Loess Plateau.[7] The river experiences frequent devastating floods and course changes produced by the continual elevation of the river bed, sometimes above the level of its surrounding farm fields.
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Yellow River | |
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![]() The Yellow River in Sanmenxia, Henan | |
![]() Map of the Yellow River with approximate borders of its basin. | |
Native name | |
Location | |
Country | China |
Province | Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Bayan Har Mountains |
• location | Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai |
• coordinates | 34°29′31″N 96°20′25″E |
• elevation | 4,800 m (15,700 ft) |
Mouth | Bohai Sea |
• location | Kenli District, Dongying, Shandong |
• coordinates | 37°45′47″N 119°09′43″E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 5,464 km (3,395 mi) |
Basin size | 752,546 km2 (290,560 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 2,571 m3/s (90,800 cu ft/s) |
• minimum | 1,030 m3/s (36,000 cu ft/s) |
• maximum | 58,000 m3/s (2,000,000 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Fen River |
• right | Tao River, Wei River |
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Quick Facts Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese ...
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Traditional Chinese | 黃河 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 黄河 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Postal | Hwang Ho[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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