Here are the answers to yesterday’s question about the longest rivers in the world.
Longest Rivers in the World
1. Nile - 4,135 miles
2. Amazon - 3,980 miles
3. Yangtze (Chang Jiang) 3,917 miles
4. Mississippi – Missouri - 3,902 miles
5. Yenisei - Angara - Selenga - 3,445 miles
6. Yellow (Huang He) - 3,398 miles
I thought I would see pigs fly before I ever saw the Yellow river with my own eyes. I came to find out the Chinese have a similar saying to “when pigs fly” and it is “when the Yellow River flows clear.” Well it seems to be that unless pigs start flying tonight, my prediction won’t come true. As early as tomorrow I might see the river in person as I travel to our sister school. The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the sixth-longest in the world at 3,010 mi.
Do you think you can name the five longest rivers? (Answer will come tomorrow)
Starting in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, the yellow river flows through nine provinces of China and empties into the Bohai Sea, northeast of Binzhou. The name “Yellow River” describes the yellow color of the muddy water in the lower course of the river. The river flows by Binzhou, where I hope to see it with my own eyes. One class also asked me to do a special favor for them if I am able to get close to the river.
The Yellow River
Zaijian,
Mr. Crawford
(Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia)