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Yellow River
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Yellow River
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Yellow River
n
(Placename) 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) Chinese name Hwang Ho
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Noun1.Yellow River - a major river of Asia in northern ChinaYellow River - a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta
Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world


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In like fashion "he you" and "jiang you" (both meaning to the right of the river) designate the area west of the Huanghe River (the Yellow River) in the first case and to the west of Changjiang River (the Yangtze River) in the second.
2] surrounding drainage basin of Huanghe river in the north and north-west China (Hou et al.
According to SNP, the field, north of the mouth of the Huanghe River, will provide 600,000 tons of crude per year by 2010.
 
 
 
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