Asian Diver (English)

Yellow River China 5,464km

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Longest river in China, second longest river in Asia after the Yangtze

Gets its name from the yellow sediment, loess, that its water is filled with

The birthplace of ancient Chinese civilisati­on

189 million people live in the Yellow River

basin alone

EFFECTS OF POLLUTION

China’s 2017 State of Ecology and Environmen­t Report reported that 37.4% of the river system water was unusable for agricultur­e or for drinking Approximat­ely 4.4 billlion tonnes of wastewater flowed into the Yellow River in 2015

POLLUTION: HOW & WHO

• A disposal site for toxic waste with more than 4 billion tonnes of untreated wastewater dumped into it every year

• Due to the large area that the river flows through, agricultur­al waste from farms and industrial waste from heavy industries along its course are even harder to eradicate

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