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Yellow River

Major river in China

Body of waterriverQ7355

Also known as Huang He River · Huanghe River · Hoang-ho · Hoan-ho · Yellow R. · Hoan-ho R.

Length: 5,464 km
Discharge: 2,571 cubic metre per second
Origin of the watercourse: Kariqu
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1.Stated in Fishes of the Yellow River and Beyond
2.Stated in Q63783249
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, Bayan Har Mountains
Mouth: Bohai Sea
Country: People's Republic of China
Watershed area: 752,000 km²

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The Yellow River, also known as Huang He, is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest in the world, with an estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi) and a drainage basin of 795,000 km2 (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 northeast at Gansu through the Ordos Plateau and turns east in Inner Mongolia. The river then turns sharply southwards to form the border between Shanxi and Shaanxi, turns eastwards at its confluence with the Wei River, and flows across the North China Plain before emptying into the Bohai Sea. The river is named for the yellow color of its water, which comes from the large amount of sediment discharged into the water as the river flows through the Loess Plateau.

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Located in: Qinghai
Sichuan
Gansu
Ningxia
Inner Mongolia
Shaanxi
Shanxi
Henan
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Shandong
Category for the water basin: Category:Huang He Basin
Basin country: People's Republic of China
Drainage basin: Yellow River Basin
Lake on watercourse: Cocha Lakes
Gyaring Lake
Ngoring Lake
Hukou Waterfalls
Tributary: Duo Qu tributary orientation: right bank
Bai River tributary orientation: right bank
Black River (in Sichuan) tributary orientation: right bank
Qushian River tributary orientation: left bank
Daxia River tributary orientation: right bank
Huangshui River tributary orientation: left bank
Datong River tributary orientation: left bank
Tao River tributary orientation: right bank
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Zhuanglang He tributary orientation: left bank
Zuli He tributary orientation: right bank
Qingshui River tributary orientation: right bank
Dustin He tributary orientation: right bank
Wujia River tributary orientation: left bank
Daheihe tributary orientation: left bank
Wuding River tributary orientation: right bank
Yan River tributary orientation: right bank
Fen River tributary orientation: left bank
Sushui He tributary orientation: left bank
Wei River tributary orientation: right bank
Qin He tributary orientation: left bank
Yiluo River tributary orientation: right bank
Daqing River tributary orientation: right bank
Dawen River tributary orientation: right bank
Jishui
Q20019976
Jindi He tributary orientation: left bank
Jia River tributary orientation: right bank

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37 identifiers linking Yellow River across the web's reference databases

36.1242, 116.0977OpenStreetMap ↗

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