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How long is the lower course of the Yellow 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 lower course of the Yellow River is approximately 435 miles (700 km) long. This section begins downstream from Zhengzhou and flows across the North China Plain through Henan and Shandong provinces.1