Yellow River
Proper noun
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Proper noun
- A river in northern China which flows for 5,463 km (3,000 miles) to the Yellow Sea.
- China's Yellow River, or Huang he, is named for the yellow, sandy silt it carries in its water. This silt, called loess, is almost as fine as flour. Over thousands of years, the northwestern wind blowing from the Gobi Desert has deposited hundreds of fee of loess over northern China. As the Yellow River flows through China, it sweeps away the fine, yellow silt and carries it downriver.
- The Yellow River has long been regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilisation. The early occupants established a complex culture, which included making painted ceramics, and were the first people in the world to grow millet, the study said.
- China's Sorrow
- (from Mandarin Chinese) Huang He, Huang Ho, Hwang Ho
- French: fleuve Jaune, Huang He
- Italian: Fiume Giallo
- Portuguese: Rio Amarelo, Huang He
- Russian: Хуанхэ́
- Spanish: Huang He, río Amarillo
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