Yellow River

Yellow River is also name Huang He, which is the secound longest river in China. Yellow River is 3,398 mi long. Yellow River and the Great Wall are build by the same person name Qin Shi Huang. It flows through nine provinces of China and empties into the Bohai Sea. The Yellow River basin has an east-west extent of 1900 km (1,180 mi) and a north-south extent of 1100 km (684 mi). Total basin area is 742,443 km² (290,520 mi²).The name "Yellow River" describes the perennial ochre-yellow colour of the muddy water in the lower course of the river. The yellow color comes from loess suspended in the water.