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The Yellow River [a], also known as Huanghe, 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).
Yellow River (Huang He) 5,464 3,395 752,546 2,571 ... When the length of a river is followed by an asterisk, it is an average of multiple information sources. If the ...
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 delta on 24 October 2020. The YRDNNR lies within the northeast of the administrative boundaries of the city of Dongying, where the city meets Laizhou Bay and the wider Bohai Sea, between 118°33’-119°20’E and 37°35’-38°12’N.
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 carries more sediment than any other in the world. [1] [2] During the 18 months after the river was closed, 1.8 billion metric tons of sediment had accumulated in the reservoir. Only 7% of the sediment-load was released downstream and the reservoir lost 17% of its capacity below a 335 m (1,099 ft) ASL elevation.
The name Blue River began to be applied in the 18th century, [22] apparently owing to a former name of the Dam Chu [28] or Min [30] and to analogy with the Yellow River, [31] [32] but it was frequently explained in early English references as a 'translation' of Jiang, [33] [34] Jiangkou, [24] or Yangzijiang. [35]
In 1955, just a few years after the creation of the People's Republic of China, the Communist government announced a large-scale program of hydroelectric dam construction on the Yellow River. [4] According to the plan, a dam was to be built in each of the Three Gorges of the Yellow River: Liujia Gorge, Yanguo Gorge, and Bapan Gorge.