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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]
The Yellow River is a 62.3-mile-long (100.3 km) [6] tributary of the Kankakee River in the Central Corn Belt Plains ecoregion, located in northern Indiana in the United States. Via the Kankakee and Illinois rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River , draining an area of 427 square miles (1,110 km 2 ).
An English map from 1720 identifies it as the Yellow River. A 1778 map spells the river's name "Okalockney", while one from 1856 has it as "Oklokonee". The modern name probably derives from the Hitchiti/Mikasuki Oki (water) and Lagana (yellow). [5] From 1839 to 1842, Fort Virginia Braden was established on the river located at Fort Braden in ...
As such, the Yellow River has been considered a blessing and a curse throughout history, and has been nicknamed both "China's Pride" and "China's Sorrow". [3] The Yellow River's basin presently has a population of 120 million people, while over 420 million people live in the immediate provinces which rely on it as a water source. [4]
Although it is commonly believed that the river was named for the yellow rocks seen in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Native American name source is unclear. [21] Detailed pictorial map from 1904. The human history of the park began at least 11,000 years ago when Native Americans began to hunt and fish in the region. [22]
The Yellow River is a 76-mile-long (122 km) [1] tributary of the Ocmulgee River in the U.S. state of Georgia.. The river rises north of Lawrenceville in Gwinnett County and flows south through the outer eastern suburbs of Atlanta, passing through the easternmost corner of DeKalb County before entering Rockdale County.
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Location of the Ancient Northern East Asians [1] Location of the major sub-groups within the Ancient Northern East Asians, with the Yellow River farmers in the Yellow River valley, and Ancient Northeast Asians (or Amur ancestry) above [2] Contribution of Ancient East Asian lineages to the formation of the Ancient North Eurasians (ANE), Ancient Paleo-Siberians (APS), and Native Americans ...