Huang

Huang He (Yellow River in English) is the second-longest river in Asia, following the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi). Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai province of western China, it flows through nine provinces, and it empties into the Bohai Sea near the city of Dongying in Shandong province. The Yellow River (Huang He) basin has an east–west extent of about 1, 900 kilometers (1, 180 mi) and a north–south extent of about 1, 100 km (680 mi). Its total basin area is about 742, 443 square kilometers (286, 659 sq mi).