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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, also known as the Huang He, has a total length of 3,395 miles (5,464 km). It is recognized as the second longest river in China, surpassed only by the Yangtze River.12