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Where does the Yellow River enter the North China Plain?
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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 enters the North China Plain at the city of Zhengzhou in Henan province.12
Before reaching this point, the river flows through narrow, inaccessible gorges between the Zhongtiao and eastern Qin Mountains, where its current becomes increasingly rapid. Upon issuing onto the plain at Zhengzhou, the river's pace slows, which historically caused the heavy load of silt it carries to settle and build up the riverbed, often leading to significant flooding.13