LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . ries, except Chihli [a ^, drained by the network of the Veh-Jio ^ •^, and Honan \vl ]^, watered almost throughout by the Htvai-ho -/^ jpf. We shall deal in detail with this latter river, when describing the Central Region. As to the Peh-ho ê îp[, its natural place will be found, when we shall 24 SECTION 1. THE NOKTHERN REGION. study the Chihli Province. At present, we shall speak only olthe Hwangho. The Hwcuifj-ho (Yellow river ^ •JpJ), length 2,700 the Yangt
LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . ries, except Chihli [a ^, drained by the network of the Veh-Jio ^ •^, and Honan \vl ]^, watered almost throughout by the Htvai-ho -/^ jpf. We shall deal in detail with this latter river, when describing the Central Region. As to the Peh-ho ê îp[, its natural place will be found, when we shall 24 SECTION 1. THE NOKTHERN REGION. study the Chihli Province. At present, we shall speak only olthe Hwangho. The Hwcuifj-ho (Yellow river ^ •JpJ), length 2,700 the Yangtze ^ ^ f£, it rises in Tibet, South of the Ku-kuNor region, and the Kuenlun j^ ^ range. Here, at an altitudeof more than 13,800 leet, in the midst oljagged hills, toweringa little beyond the plateau, the mighty river has its source. Its course may be divided into 3 parts : the upper, middleand lower. 1° Upper Coiiivse. — In this part, which extends from itssource until it leaves the Kansu 1^^ Province, it is interruptedby cascades and rapids, teems with boulders wrenched from itsbanks, and is seldom UriEK liWA-NG-HO. CHAPTER I. VALLEYS OF THE PEH-HO AND OF THE HWANG-HO. 25 It rises a little above the two neighbouring lakes of Khchara(Charing-nor) and Khnora (Oring-nor). Both are connected by achannel and are situated at an elevation of 14,000 ft. It may per-haps be at first confounded with the Djaghing-gol, a river 110miles long, which flows from the South, and empties itself intothe channel joining the two lakes. The plateau where it originatespossesses but a scanty vegetation. The river issues forth in twosuccessive bends, towards the N. E.; and is first called Machu,but is soon known as the Hwang-ho ^-^pf. The first bend windsround the Amnemachin Mountains, the second, round the Ku-kuNor or Tsing-hai ^ ^ lake, which lies at an elevation of over10,000 ft. Swollen by the torrents of this region, and attaining awidth of 220 yards, the Hwang-ho then flows t
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