Hukou Waterfall

A famous waterfall on the Yellow River where the water narrows into a channel, roaring for miles in awesome power, spanning the Shanxi-Shaanxi border.

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Yellow RiverwaterfallShanxi-Shaanxi gorge

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On the middle reaches of the Yellow River, Hukou is the only waterfall on its main course; rock walls narrow the river like a spout and the water plunges into a deep channel, raising mist.

Straddling Yichuan in Shaanxi and Jixian in Shanxi, it changes with the seasons and is most magnificent when water is plentiful—a must for feeling the Yellow River's power.

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