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How does the Yellow Riverās sediment concentration compare with that of the Nile River?
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Yellow River
The Yellow River (Huang He) basin and the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) basin and their drainage networks.
The Yellow River carries the highest concentration of sediment of any river in the world, with an average load of approximately 57 pounds of silt per cubic yard (34 kg per cubic metre) of water. In contrast, the Nile River has a significantly lower sediment concentration of about 2 pounds (1 kg) per cubic yard of water.1