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Yellow River

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noun

  1. Chinese name: Hwang Ho.  the second longest river in China, rising in SE Qinghai and flowing east, south, and east again to the Gulf of Bohai south of Tianjin; it has changed its course several times in recorded history. Length: about 4350 km (2700 miles)

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But teapot refineries, clustered in China’s Shandong, a province sitting on the lower reaches of the Yellow River, are likely to drive a hard bargain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

She was born and raised in Tibet until 1982, when her family moved to Henan, a bustling province in the valley along the Yellow River.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025

One connected to the Yangtze River Valley, and another to the Yellow River valley in China.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2024

"The Yangtze River and the Yellow River will not flow backwards."

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2023

Some or all of these centers may actually comprise several nearby centers where food production arose more or less independently, such as North China’s Yellow River valley and South China’s Yangtze River valley.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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