Introduction to the Yellow River: The Yellow River is a large river in northern China, with a total length of approximately 5,464 kilometers and a drainage area of approximately 752,443 square kilometers. It is the fifth longest river in the world and the second longest river in China. It originates from Maqu in the Yogu Zonglie Basin at the northern foot of the Bayan Har Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and is shaped like a "ji". From west to east, it flows through 9 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, including Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong, and finally flows into the Bohai Sea.