
Charles E. Greer
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LOCATION: Bloomington, IN, United States
Professor of Geography and of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington. Author of Water Management in the Yellow River Basin of China.
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Yellow River, principal river of northern China, east-central and eastern Asia. The Yellow River is often called the cradle of Chinese civilization. With a length of 3,395 miles (5,464 km), it is the country’s second longest river—surpassed only by the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang)—and its drainage…
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