Yellow River
The Yellow River (simplified Chinese: 黄河; traditional Chinese: 黃河; pinyin: Huáng Hé, Beijing Mandarin: [xu̯ɑŋ˧˥ xɤ˧˥] ⓘ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system on Earth at the estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi). Originating at an elevation above 15,000 feet (4,600 metres) in the Bayan Har Mountains, it empties into the Bohai Sea. The Yellow River's basin was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization.
| 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 (and many smaller rivers) |
| • right | Tao River, Wei River (and many smaller rivers) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃河 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄河 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Hwang Ho | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The yellow sediments were carried downstream from the Loess Plateau. There are 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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