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Yellow River

The 5th longest river in the world

5,464 km

The Yellow River stretches roughly 5,464 km, flowing through People's Republic of China, making it one of the world's major rivers.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

Other major rivers

  1. Amazon6,992 km
  2. Nile6,650 km
  3. Yangtze River6,300 km
  4. Bian River5,806 km
  5. Paraná River4,880 km
  6. River Congo4,700 km
  7. Mekong River4,350 km
  8. Lena River4,294 km