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The various courses of the Yellow River throughout Chinese history
 
The Yellow River near Sanmenxia in Henan Province

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Etymology

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Calque of Chinese 黃河 / 黄河 (Huáng Hé), chiefly from the river's golden appearance as far west as Lanzhou caused by the enormous levels of silt it acquires from the Loess Plateau but also influenced by the color schema in wuxing ("Five Element") theory, which associates earth with the color  / (huáng), usually translated as "yellow" but also inclusive of shades modern English would consider golden, orange, brown, tan, etc. The earliest Chinese sources simply describe it as (, The River) but it was later distinguished as the Yellow River after () began to replace (shuǐ) as a generic term for creeks and smaller rivers.

Proper noun

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the Yellow River

  1. The chief river of the North China Plain, the second-longest river in China and sixth-longest river system on Earth, historically prone to massive floods which repeatedly drastically changed its course.

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See also

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  • Kunlun (Source of the Yellow River in trad. Chinese mythology)

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