How did Hwang Ho river come to be known as Yellow river?
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ᴍɪᴅᴅʟᴇ ᴄʜɪɴᴇsᴇ: ʜᴜᴀɴɢ ʜᴀ) ɪs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴏғ ʜᴀɴ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀsᴛᴇʀɴ ʜᴀɴ ᴅʏɴᴀsᴛʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇsᴛᴇʀɴ ʜᴀɴ ᴅʏɴᴀsᴛʏ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴅᴊᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ "ʏᴇʟʟᴏᴡ" ᴅᴇsᴄʀɪʙᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇʀᴇɴɴɪᴀʟ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴜᴅᴅʏ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪᴠᴇʀ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴀʀɪsᴇs ғʀᴏᴍ sᴏɪʟ (ʟᴏᴇss) ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴄᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ ᴅᴏᴡɴsᴛʀᴇᴀᴍ.
The Yellow River or Huang Ho is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi).Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai province of Western China, it flows through nine provinces, and it empties into the Bohai Sea near the city of Dongying in Shandong province. The Yellow River basin has an east–west extent of about 1,900 kilometers (1,180 mi) and a north–south extent of about 1,100 km (680 mi). Its total drainage area is about 795,000 square kilometers (307,000 sq mi).
The name "Yellow River" comes from the huge amounts of "yellow" loess sediment it carries when flowing through the Loess Plateau. It is the world's major river with the most excessive siltation.