EncyclopediaHuang HeHuang He, Hwang Ho (both: hwäng' hoo') [key], or Yellow River,great river of N China, c.3,000 mi (4,830 km) long, rising in the twin lakes Gyaring and Ngoring in the Kunlun Mts., NW Qinghai prov., and flowing generally east into the “great northern bend” (around the Ordos Desert), then east again to the Bohai, an arm of the Yellow Sea. Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Huang He from Fact Monster:
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