Yellow River: Quick Facts

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Yellow River basin and Yangtze River basin

Wide view of the muddy Yellow River flowing between green, forested hills in China, with scattered houses along the riverbank and mountains in the distance.

Yellow River (Huang He)

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Dam on the Yellow River (Huang He)

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