2) Huang He. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Yellow River, great river of N China, c.3,000 mi (4,830 km) long, rising in the Kunlun Mts., NW Qinghai prov., and flowing generally east into the "great northern...

3) Suiyuan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The capital was Guisui (Hohhot). The region of Suiyuan, part of Inner Mongolia, is chiefly a high arid plateau; it comprises the Ordos desert region in the southwest,...

4) Wu-ti. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...During his vigorous reign he incorporated the native states of S China into the empire, drove the nomadic Hsiung-nu out of the Ordos region on the northern frontier,...

5) China. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Republic of China, country (2000 pop. 1,295,000,000), 3,691,502 sq mi (9,561,000 sq km), E Asia. The most populous country in the world, China has a 4,000-mi (6,400-km)...