From the yellow sand in the river.
The yellow river got its name because it has yellow clay in it.
Hwang Ho is the name of the river. The yellow river would be the nick name of that river:)
I would say the Yellow river in China has large amounts of yellow silt, thus the name of the river is the Yellow river
The yellow river is called the yellow river
Another name for the Huang he river is the yellow river. the color yellow symbolized centraility, meaning china was the center of the world.Also minerals made the river a yellowish color.
It is known as the Yellow River because huge amounts of loess sediment colour it yellow.
the yellow river
Huang He
The Yellow River is also known as the Hwang He. It is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River (which starts with a Y, but is -not- another name for the Yellow River).
* Green River * Red River * Yellow River * Rio Negro (Black River)
The Yellow River gets its color and name from the yellow loess found in the water. This river is located in China.
The Yellow River is also known in English as the Huang He, a literal transliteration from its Chinese name, formerly Hwang Ho.