WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Huang He (Yellow River) Valley is the birthplace of Chinese Civilization. The Yellow River is the second largest river in China and one of the longest river systems in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -The geography of the Yellow River is divided into three different reaches or stages: upper, middle, and lower. The upper reach begins at the Qinghai Province and runs about 2, 150 miles long through China’s mountains, swamps, and grasslands. The mouth of this reach ends at the South of Hekouzhen of Inner Mongolia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yellow River civilization, Huanghe civilization or Huanghe Valley civilzation (Chinese: ), Hwan‐huou civilization is an ancient Chinese civilization that prospered in the middle and lower basin of the Yellow River.

Detailed explanation-4: -Originating in Qinghai Province, the Yellow River, known as China’s “Mother River” and the cradle of Chinese civilization, runs through nine provinces and autonomous regions including Shaanxi and Henan before emptying into the Bohai Sea in eastern China’s Shandong Province.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 5, 464-km-long waterway feeds about 12 percent of China’s population, irrigates about 15 percent of arable land, supports 14 percent of national GDP, and supplies water to more than 60 cities.

Detailed explanation-6: -The two most important geographical features of Ancient China were the two major rivers that flowed through central China; the Yellow River to the north and the Yangtze River to the south. These major rivers were a great source of freshwater, food, fertile soil, irrigation and transportation.