Yellow River
Proper noun
Meaning
the Yellow River
The chief river of the North China Plain, currently flowing 5,463 km from the Bayan Har Mountains of Qinghai to the Bohai Sea but historically prone to massive floods which caused its course to vary widely over time.
Yellow river
Alternative form of Yellow River
Synonyms
Examples
Slow yellow river flowing, willows that gesture in tepid August airs, and four children playing at greatness, as, doubtless, great men themselves must play.
She was as forthright and simple as the winds that blew over Tara and the yellow river that wound around it.
Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.
As long as sixty years ago, when I first started to read newspapers, I read of floods on the Yellow River and the Yangtze. Who rushed in with men and money to help? The Americans did.
The sun along the mountain bows, the Yellow River seawards flows. You will enjoy a grander sight by climbing to a greater height.
A flood in 1344 returned the Yellow River south of Shandong.