Today's Yellow River is not as wild as before. Floods do however still occur.
Many hydro-electric dams have been constructed or are under construction on the Yellow River.
Highlights of the Yellow River are:
1) The Source of the Yellow River in Far Western China at the Foot of the Pamir Mountains (More information to follow).
2) Passage of the Yellow River through Lanzhou, Capital of Gansu Province and crossing point of the Ancient Silk Road and the Huang He.
3) The SanMenXia Water Reservoir and Dam South-West of Yingchuan in Ningxia Province. Where the Desert meets the Green.
4) Interruption of the Geat Wall of China by the Yellow River at Pian Guan (North-West Shanxi + Shaanxi Border).
5) Hukou Falls of the Yellow River, at YiXian on the West-Shanxi and East-Shaanxi Border.
7) Mouth of the Yellow River, emtying into Bohai Sea, Shandong Province Coast.
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