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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Yellow River

The analysis also uncovered both genetic and cultural links to Yangshao Culture, a major Neolithic civilization that developed across the Loess Plateau near the Yellow River.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

Zhengzhou, in northeastern China on the banks of the Yellow River, was an enthusiastic early adopter of the sponge city concept, spending hundreds of millions of dollars building related projects from 2016 to 2021.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2024

Lacking rest, though, she was the Yellow River, roiling, threatening to become the sorrow of millions.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen