Yellow River

E16374

geographical feature river

The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China, historically known as the cradle of Chinese civilization and notorious for its devastating floods and heavy silt load.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Yellow River canonical	75
Huang He	3
Yellow River (regional proximity)	1
Yellow River headwaters	1
YellowRiver	1
lower Yellow River	1
middle Yellow River	1
upper Yellow River	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ river ⓘ
basinArea	about 752000 square kilometers ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culturalSignificance	frequent subject of Chinese poetry and art ⓘ important symbol in Chinese culture ⓘ
drainageBasin	Yellow River basin ⓘ
economicImportance	agriculture ⓘ hydroelectric power ⓘ irrigation ⓘ
emptiesInto	Bohai Sea ⓘ
floodHistory	notorious for catastrophic floods ⓘ
flowsThroughMajorRegion	Loess Plateau (eastern part) ⓘ surface form: Loess Plateau
hasColorOrigin	named for its yellow, silt-laden waters ⓘ
hasTributary	Fen River ⓘ Huangshui River ⓘ Luo River ⓘ Tao River ⓘ Wei River ⓘ
historicalSignificance	birthplace of ancient Chinese states ⓘ cradle of Chinese civilization ⓘ
knownFor	course changes ⓘ forming the North China Plain ⓘ frequent floods ⓘ heavy silt load ⓘ
length	about 5464 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern China ⓘ surface form: Eastern China North China ⓘ surface form: Northern China
majorCityOnRiver	Baotou ⓘ Jinan ⓘ Lanzhou ⓘ Yinchuan ⓘ Zhengzhou ⓘ
mouth	Bohai Sea ⓘ
nickname	China's Sorrow ⓘ
passesThrough	Gansu Province ⓘ Henan Province ⓘ Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ⓘ Qinghai ⓘ surface form: Qinghai Province Shaanxi Province ⓘ Shandong ⓘ surface form: Shandong Province Shanxi Province ⓘ Sichuan Province ⓘ
rankingByLengthInChina	second-longest river in China ⓘ
rankingByLengthInWorld	one of the longest rivers in the world ⓘ
sedimentType	loess ⓘ
sourceLocation	Bayan Har Mountains ⓘ
sourceRegion	Qinghai ⓘ surface form: Qinghai Province

Referenced by (84)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asia → containsRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

East Asia → hasRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

China → majorRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

North China → traversedBy → Yellow River ⓘ

North China Plain → drainedBy → Yellow River ⓘ

Yellow Sea → receivesWaterFrom → Yellow River ⓘ

Central China → hasMajorRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Shandong → hasMajorRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Tibetan Plateau → sourceOf → Yellow River ⓘ

Henan Province → traversedByRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Shaanxi Province → traversedByRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Shang dynasty → majorRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Bohai Sea → receivesRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Hohhot → near → Yellow River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yellow River (regional proximity)

Jinan → traversedByRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Shanxi Province → traversedByRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Lanzhou → locatedOnRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

China's Sorrow → refersTo → Yellow River ⓘ

China's Sorrow → appliesTo → Yellow River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Huang He

China's Sorrow → usedFor → Yellow River ⓘ

Qinghai → traversedBy → Yellow River ⓘ

Grand Canal of China → followsRiverBasinsOf → Yellow River ⓘ

Gansu Province → river → Yellow River ⓘ

Yellow River basin → drainedBy → Yellow River ⓘ

Yellow River basin → containsPart → Yellow River ⓘ

this entity surface form: middle Yellow River

Yellow River basin → containsPart → Yellow River ⓘ

this entity surface form: lower Yellow River

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region → traversedByRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Bayan Har Mountains → watershedFor → Yellow River ⓘ

Bayan Har Mountains → sourceRegionOf → Yellow River ⓘ

this entity surface form: upper Yellow River

Wei River → tributaryOf → Yellow River ⓘ

Wei River → mouthLocation → Yellow River ⓘ

Luo River → tributaryOf → Yellow River ⓘ

Luo River → mouth → Yellow River ⓘ

Huai River Plain → locatedBetween → Yellow River ⓘ

Huangshui River → tributaryOf → Yellow River ⓘ

Huangshui River → isHydrologicallyConnectedTo → Yellow River ⓘ

Zhengzhou → locatedOnRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Huang Hai → majorRiverInfluence → Yellow River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Huang He

Kaifeng → locatedOnRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Dongying → locatedAtMouthOf → Yellow River ⓘ

Dongying → isMouthOfRiverCity → Yellow River ⓘ

Dongying → hasRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Roof of the World → associatedRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Tao River → tributaryOf → Yellow River ⓘ

Tao River → mouthLocation → Yellow River ⓘ

Tao River → dischargesInto → Yellow River ⓘ

Yinchuan → river → Yellow River ⓘ

Himalayan glaciers → feedsRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Northwest China → hasRiver → Yellow River ⓘ

Ordos → locatedNear → Yellow River ⓘ