The Yellow River is the second longest river in China and the fifth longest in the world at 5,464 kilometers (3,398 miles).

　　Originating in the Bayankala Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China, namely Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong Provinces and empties into the Bo Sea.

　　The Yellow River gains its name for its major color that is the color of sand, because the river is the highest sand-capacity one in the world.