Yellow River

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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.

Aliases (2)

Huang He ×1
Yellow River (regional proximity) ×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 →
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 → 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 Province → Shaanxi Province → 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 Province →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Henan Province → Jinan → Shaanxi Province → Shanxi Province →	traversedByRiver
Central China → Shandong →	hasMajorRiver
China → Shang dynasty →	majorRiver
North China → Qinghai →	traversedBy
China's Sorrow ("Huang He") →	appliesTo
Asia →	containsRiver
North China Plain →	drainedBy
East Asia →	hasRiver
Lanzhou →	locatedOnRiver
Hohhot ("Yellow River (regional proximity)") →	near
Bohai Sea →	receivesRiver
Yellow Sea →	receivesWaterFrom
China's Sorrow →	refersTo
Tibetan Plateau →	sourceOf
China's Sorrow →	usedFor