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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 [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).
"China River Basins". WorldMap. Harvard University. Interactive map with China's river basins, showing river names in Chinese. Table of rivers in China with Chinese names and useful data (dead link 01:15, 4 March 2013 (UTC))
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The Huang River (Chinese: 潢河; pinyin: Huáng Hé) is a tributary of the Huai River in Henan Province, Central China. The Huang rises in southeastern Xin County and flows northward across the Guangshan County and Huangchuan County to reach its mouth at the northeastern Xuezi Town of the Huangchuan County. The river has a length of 140 ...
The Huang He Mixed Forests ecoregion covers the North China plain, a large alluvial plain which collects the deposits of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, the Huai River, and the Hai River. The plain is very flat, and averages only 50 meters above sea level. [4] Almost 3% of the land area is urbanized. [5]
The Hexi Corridor (/ h ə ˈ ʃ iː / hə-SHEE), [a] also known as the Gansu Corridor, is an important historical region located in the modern western Gansu province of China.It refers to a narrow stretch of traversable and relatively arable plain west of the Yellow River's Ordos Loop (hence the name Hexi, meaning 'west of the river'), flanked between the much more elevated and inhospitable ...
Geography of China; Continent: Asia: Region: East/Southeast Asia: Coordinates: 1]: Area: Ranked 3/4: • Total: 9,596,960 [1] km 2 (3,705,410 sq mi): • Land: 97.2 [1] %: • Water: 2.8 [1] %: Coastline: 14,500 [1] km (9,000 mi): Borders: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, India, North Korea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam: Highest point: Mount ...