Huanghe+or+Yellow+River

__**Huanghe or Yellow River**__

The Huanghe river, also known as the Yellow River, was the location of the early Chinese civilization. This civilization developed in relative isolation, but was a major influence on other cultures, especially in Japan, Vietnam, and Korea. The Yellow River gets its name from the loose "yellow" sediments that the river carries to sea. It originates in the Kunlun mountains and empties in the Bohai Sea, the inner gulf of the Yellow Sea. The Yellow River is 3,398 miles long and is the second longest river in China and the sixth longest in the world. Although this river was the most prosperous region of the Chinese civilization, the Yellow River was also named the River of Sorrow due to the frequent floods that sometimes were often very detrimental. The ancient Chinese civilization moved more smoothly into the civilizations that followed up to the modern civilization, unlike the river civilizations in India along the Ganges river and in Egypt located along the Nile River.

Created by: Stacy Fairey 9/3/08 Source: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/274303/Huang-He


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