Yellow River
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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,[2] after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system on Earth at the estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi).[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.
Yellow River | |
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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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Traditional Chinese | 黃河 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 黄河 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Postal | Hwang Ho[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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