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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.
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). Beginning in the Bayan Har Mountains , the river flows generally eastwards before entering the 1,500 km (930 mi) long Ordos Loop, which runs ...
River Countries Length km mi 1 Yangtze (Cháng Jiāng 長江) [1] China: 6,300 3,915 2 Yellow River (Huáng Hé 黃河) [1] China: 5,464 3,395 3 Mekong [1]
Interactive map with China's river basins, showing river names in Chinese. Table of rivers in China with Chinese names and useful data (dead link 01:15, 4 March 2013 (UTC)) v
The Huang He Plain mixed forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0424) covers the flat lower ranges of the Yellow River ("Huang He" means Yellow River). This area is generally known as the North China Plain. While there is some forest habitat, the region has mostly been converted to agriculture, being one of the most populous areas in the world ...
The Huang Shui is shown combining with the Datong River just west of Lanzhou. The Huangshui River, Huang Shui, or Tsong Chu is a river in Qinghai and Gansu, China.It is a left tributary of the Yellow River and its total length is 374 km (232 mi) with a basin area of 3,200 km 2 (1,200 sq mi).
The Ordos Desert forms an intermediate step in the descent from the Himalayas to the lowlands of eastern China.Towards the south it rises to an altitude of over 1,500 m, and in the west, along the right bank of the Yellow River, the Arbus or Arbiso Mountains, which overlie the steppe by some 900 m, serve to link the Helan Mountains with the Yin Mountains.
Yellow River civilization, Huanghe civilization or Huanghe Valley civilization (Chinese: 黃河文明), Hwan‐huou civilization is an ancient Chinese civilization that prospered in the middle and lower basin of the Yellow River. [1]