The Yellow River, regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization, winds its way more than 5,000 kilometers from the Tibetan Plateau to its mouth in the Bohai Sea. SPIEGEL travelled the course of ...

In recent days, the water level of a section of the Yellow River in Pinglu county of Yuncheng, Shanxi province, has receded ...

The Yellow River flows in a braided stream, a network of smaller channels that weave in and out of each other. "Think of the river coming into Henan like a loose hose," says Kidder.

“The Yellow River keeps running across my home, across Lanzhou. My relatives afar, listen to this ballad…” go the lyrics of the famous rock and roll song—Ballad of the Yellow River ...

This month's National Geographic has a great piece on the Yellow River in China, that erstwhile cradle of civilization that now sustains more than 150 million people and is in danger of both ...

The Yellow River, the world’s sixth-longest and most sediment-laden, occupies a singular place in Chinese history and national identity. It is often associated with great misery caused by its flooding ...

Later Spanish called the river Amarillo, and the first English-speaking settlers in the area called it the Yellow River for its color. Native Americans called it oki, for water, and lakni, for yellow.

Rescue workers searched the Yellow River in Gwinnett County for a 4-year-old boy who disappeared beneath the water Saturday afternoon. By Chris Joyner. Updated March 27, 2023.