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).

2025年1月13日 · The Yellow River (Huang He), with a length of 3,395 miles (5,464 kilometres), is China’s second longest river—surpassed only by the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang). Its drainage basin is the third largest in China, with an area of some …

The Yellow River (Huang He in Mandarin or Huang Ho in defunct Wade-Giles or Hwang Ho) is the second longest river in China (after the Yangtze), and fifth longest in the world, with a length of 5,464 km (3,395 miles). The Yellow River originates on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and flows through nine provinces from west to east, flowing into Bohai ...

2019年7月28日 · The Yellow River is also known as the "cradle of Chinese civilization" or the "Mother River." Usually a source of rich fertile soil and irrigation water, the Yellow River has transformed itself more than 1,500 times in recorded history into a raging torrent that has swept away entire villages.

2024年7月23日 · Known as the mother river by all the Chinese people, the 5,464-kilometer (about 3,395 miles) Yellow River is the second longest in China after the Yangtze River. The headwaters of this mighty river lie in Kunlun Mountains in northwestern Qinghai Province.

2024年12月1日 · The Yellow River, or Huang He in Chinese, is not merely a river; it is a living, breathing entity woven into the very fabric of Chinese history, culture, and identity. It’s the second-longest river in China, following only the Yangtze, and the sixth-longest in the world.

The name "Yellow River" describes the perennial ochre-yellow color of the muddy water in the lower course of the river. (The yellow deposits are known as loess. ) Sometimes the Yellow River is poetically called the "Muddy Flow" (Chinese: 濁流 ; pinyin : Zhuo Liu ).

2023年4月12日 · The Yellow River flows from the west to the east of China, making a large curve through its northern provinces. As the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world, it passes through nine Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and ...

1950s-60s Measurements of Basin Area. In 1954, the Yellow River Basin area was calculated to be 745,100 square kilometers with a river length of 4845 kilometers, based on million-scale topographic maps.. By the 1960s, official hydrological records adjusted the basin area to 737,699 square kilometers, with the estuary identified at Luojiawuzi.. This era marked the initial …

The Yellow River is the 6th longest river in the world and the 2nd longest in China, originating in the Kunlun Mountains in Qinghai, flowing through 9 provinces in China.