Yellow River facts for kids
The Yellow River (Huáng Hé 黄河) is the second longest river in China (after Yangtze River) and the sixth longest in the world. The river is 5464 km long and it drains at the Bohai Sea, a gulf of the Yellow Sea. The river is often called the "Mother River of China" and "the Cradle of the Chinese civilization" in China. In Chinese mythology, the river is home to the deity Hebo.
Images for kids
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The Yellow River Breaches its Course by Ma Yuan (1160–1225), Song dynasty
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The Yellow River as depicted in a Qing dynasty illustrated map (sections)
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Historical courses of the Yellow River
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Chinese Nationalist Army soldiers during the 1938 Yellow River flood.
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Zoigê County, Sichuan.
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Near Xunhua, Qinghai.
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Qiankun bend in Yonghe County
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The mouth of the Daxia River (coming from bottom right), flowing into the Yellow River's Liujiaxia Reservoir in Linxia Prefecture, Gansu
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Expansion of the Yellow River Delta from 1989 to 2009 in five year intervals.
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Liujiaxia Dam, Gansu
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The paradise fish is well known in the aquarium hobby and it originates from East Asian river basins, including the Yellow River
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The Chinese pond turtle (shown) and Chinese softshell turtle are both native to the Yellow River, but also farmed in large numbers
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Qikou town along Yellow River in Shanxi Province
See also
In Spanish: Río Amarillo para niños
