Yellow River

Rivers and Lakes of China　See also: Yangtze River

The second longest river in China, about 5,464 km, shaped like a large bend across the Loess Plateau and North China Plain. Hukou Waterfall, Longmen and Sanmenxia lie on its main course. Rises in Yaguzonglie Basin, northern slope of the Bayan Har Mountains, Qinghai. Flows into the Bohai Sea. Flows through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong.

Parks and sites (4)

Shaanxi

• Qiachuan, Heyang: Yellow River wetlands and lakes, birds, artesian springs

Shanxi

• Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River: Yellow River waterfall
• Qikou Ancient Town: Old Yellow River port town, Ming and Qing shop streets, cave-dwelling villages of western Shanxi

Henan

• Zhengzhou Yellow River

Cities along the river: Lanzhou, Baiyin, Zhongwei, Wuzhong, Yinchuan, Shizuishan, Wuhai, Baotou, Sanmenxia, Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Jinan, Binzhou, Dongying.

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