Location: Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
When I visited the west of China several years ago, I took this picture of The Yellow River.
The Yellow River basin has an east–west extent of about 1,900 km. Its basin was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization, and it was the most prosperous region in early Chinese history. It also has the largest river sediment in the world, hence the name. This section of the river lies in Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province in China, a modern city and a transportation hub of West China.