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  2. Yellow River - Wikipedia

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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). Beginning in the Bayan Har Mountains , the river flows generally eastwards before entering the 1,500 km (930 mi) long Ordos Loop, which runs ...

  3. Yellow River civilization - Wikipedia

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    History of China. 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] Agriculture was started in the flood plain of the Yellow River, and before long, through flood ...

  4. North China Plain - Wikipedia

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    North China Plain. The North China Plain (simplified Chinese: 华北平原; traditional Chinese: 華北平原; pinyin: Huáběi Píngyuán) is a large-scale downfaulted rift basin formed in the late Paleogene and Neogene and then modified by the deposits of the Yellow River. It is the largest alluvial plain of China. The plain is bordered to ...

  5. Loess Plateau - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese Loess Plateau, or simply the Loess Plateau, is a plateau in north-central China formed of loess, a clastic silt-like sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. It is located southeast of the Gobi Desert and is surrounded by the Yellow River. It includes parts of the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi and ...

  6. Yangshao culture - Wikipedia

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    Standard Mandarin. Hanyu Pinyin. Yǎngsháo wénhuà. The Yangshao culture (Chinese : 仰韶文化; pinyin : Yǎngsháo wénhuà) was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC.

  7. Yangtze - Wikipedia

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    Cháng Jiāng(长江; 長江) or "Long River" is the official name for the Yangtze in Mandarin Chinese. However, the Chinese have given different names to the upstream sections of the river up to its confluence with the Min Riverat Yibin, Sichuan. [14][15]Jinsha River("Gold Sands River") refers to the 2,308 km (1,434 mi) of the Yangtze from ...

  8. Hongshan culture - Wikipedia

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    Map of the middle Neolithic cultures in China. Hongshan culture is #1 on the map. In northeast China, Hongshan culture was preceded by Xinglongwa culture (6200–5400 BC), Xinle culture (5300–4800 BC), and Zhaobaogou culture, which may be contemporary with Xinle and a little later. The Yangshao culture of the Yellow River existed ...

  9. Grand Canal (China) - Wikipedia

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    The Grand Canal (Chinese : 大运河; pinyin : Dà yùnhé) is a system of interconnected canals linking various major rivers in North and East China, serving as an important waterborne transport infrastructure between the north and the south during Medieval and premodern China. It is the longest artificial waterway in the world and a UNESCO ...