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The Yellow River [a] is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest river system on Earth, with an estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi) and a watershed of 795,000 km 2 (307,000 sq mi).
The Yellow River (historically known as the Chester River or the Middle River) [1] [2] is a 118-mile-long (190 km) [3] river in the southern United States which runs through Alabama and Florida. It empties into Blackwater Bay, an arm of Pensacola Bay. In 1773 Thomas Hutchins reported to the American Philosophical Society on the river. [4]
White River or White Water: one of the colored rivers flowing from Kunlun; Black River or Black Water: one of the colored rivers flowing from Kunlun; Yellow River: a colored river flowing from mount Kunlun. Often identified with the real Yellow River. Once drunk dry by Kua Fu and also said to have been ruled by the deity He Bo
Map of current configuration of Yellow River system, and the Luo (Lo) River. The Yellow River (Chinese: Huang He) flows from the Tibetan Plateau to the Bay of Bohai over a course of 5,464 kilometers (3,395 mi), making it the second-longest river in Asia and the sixth-longest in the world. Its ancient name was simply He before that character was ...
There are several different explanations for the name, all involving it being the first water to be found by desperately thirsty parties. Canadian River: The etymology is unclear. The name may have come from French-Canadian traders and hunters who traveled along the river, or early explorers may have thought that the river flowed into Canada.
Yellow River (Iowa) four streams named Yellow River in Wisconsin: Yellow River (Chippewa River) Yellow River (Red Cedar River) Yellow River (St. Croix River) Yellow River (Wisconsin River) a former name for the Missouri River in Kansas; Yellow River, a former name for a tributary of the Kuskokwim River in Aniak, Alaska, USA, and namesake of the ...
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'Lord of the River'), also known as Bingyi (冰夷), [1] is the god of the Yellow River (Huang He). The Yellow River is the main river of northern China, one of the world's major rivers and a river of great cultural importance in China. This is reflected in Chinese mythology by the tales surrounding the deity Hebo. The descriptive term Hebo is ...