The Yellow River Hukou Waterfall west of Yichuan County, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, Hukou Town, east of Linfen City, Shanxi Province, Jixian County, Hukou Town, for the two provinces **** there are tourist attractions. South from Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 350 kilometers; north from Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, 387 kilometers. Hukou waterfall is China's second largest waterfall, the world's largest yellow waterfall.
Introduction of the Yellow River Hukou Falls
The Yellow River Hukou Falls Scenic Spot, Hukou Falls, known as the "Wonder of the Yellow River", is the only yellow waterfall on the Yellow River, and the second largest waterfall in China.
The scenic area centered on the Hukou Falls integrates the Yellow River Gorge, Loess Plateau, and ancient loess villages, showing the magnificent natural landscape of the Yellow River Basin and the rich and colorful historical and cultural deposits.1988, it was identified as a national key scenic spot, and 1991, it was rated as one of the "Top 40 Tourist Attractions in China", and 2016, it was promoted to the National Geological Site, which is one of the most important scenic spots in China. In 2016, it was promoted to a national geopark.
The Yellow River Hukou Falls Scenic Spot, located in the middle of the Jin-Shaan Grand Canyon, the two sides of the mountains, the Yellow River to this by the two sides of the mountains hostage, bound in the narrow rocky valley, more than 600 meters wide torrent suddenly constricted to more than 30 meters, the river rushing and whistling, the mountain should be heard in the valley, the shape of a giant pot boil, and finally more than 20 meters high from the 20-meter-high fault cliffs cascade down into a more than 30-meter-wide stone groove, hear The sound is like a million horses galloping, see as a dragon drumming waves, waves rolling, waves roar, vibration sound for miles, its shape like a giant pot boiling, so it is called the Hukou Waterfall.
Hukou Falls of the Yellow River
Hukou Falls of the Yellow River Hukou Falls Scenic Spot is the only golden-yellow waterfall in the world, the only submerged waterfall in China, the only mobile waterfalls, waterfalls with different seasonal scenery, waterfalls with rich cultural connotations.
Hukou Waterfall different seasons, different times, different water flow with fantastic changes, forming a strange and spectacular eight landscapes: "smoke rises from the bottom of the water, the boat in the dry land line, not yet cleared the rainbow dance, rain in clear skies ___, the dry days sounding thunder, dangerous rock hanging ice peaks, the sea standing thousands of mountains fly, ten miles away from the dragon.
The Yellow River Hukou Waterfall is the only big waterfall on the Yellow River, is located 35 kilometers east of Yichuan County, Qinglan Expressway directly to the scenic area. Hukou two sides of the mountains face each other, the Yellow River through the Qin-Jin Grand Canyon, when the flow to the mouth of the Hukou when the riverbed is about 400 meters wide, suddenly contracted to forty or fifty meters wide, the formation of extra-large horseshoe-shaped waterfalls. The main waterfall is more than 40 meters wide, with a drop of nearly 50 meters.