Yellow River

29 Oct 2024 11:33:10 am

Tags : Yellow River

Topic: Rivers

Why in the news?

China continues to push for high-quality development, ecological conservation of Yellow River basin. The Yellow River, known as China\'s \"mother river,\" runs through nine provinces and autonomous regions, feeds about 12 percent of China\'s population, irrigates about 15 percent of arable land, and supplies water to more than 50 cities.
This river basin has the largest proportion of water and soil loss area to the basin land area. The ecology of the upper, middle and lower reaches of the river is prone to degradation, with extremely difficult and slow restoration ability and pollution emissions.

Source: The Hindu

About Yellow River:

It is also known as Huang He.
It is the second longest river in China (after the Yangtze).
It’s the fifth-longest river in the world.
It originates from the Bayankala Mountains on Tibet Plateau in western central China.
It drains into the southern Bohai Sea.
The name “Yellow River” comes from the huge amounts of “yellow” loess sediment it carries, which are eroded when it flows through the Loess Plateau. It is also known as the ‘world’s muddiest major river’.
It is considered China\'s cradle of civilization. It is the symbol of the Chinese spirit because of its continual flow, bearing sedimentation and changing course.
It flows through the provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong.
Its tributaries include Black River, White River, Tao River, Huangshui, Fen River, Luo River and Wei River.
Hukou Waterfall on it is the second-largest waterfall in China.
Qinghai Lake, China’s biggest lake, is located on it.