| HUANGHE | Chinese name for the Yellow River (5,2) |
| HUANGHO | Chinese name for the Yellow River (5,2) |
| HEILONGJIANG | Chinese name for the Amur River |
| MOUTAN | The most common Chinese name for the 1 across peony (6) |
| LANZHOU | Capital and largest city of China's Gansu Province on the Yellow river (7) |
| SULPHUR | This Texas river is named for the yellow chemical element known as brimstone |
| ORINOCO | Popular old commander to east of Yellow River |
| HWANG | What (___ Ho) do the Chinese call the Yellow River? (5) |
| HELIODOR | Another name for the yellow gemstone golden beryl (8) |
| FLANNELBUSH | Common name for the yellow-flowering fremontodendron wall plant (7,4) |
| MIMOSA | Common name for the yellow flowers of wattle (6) |
| OURLADYSBEDSTRAW | Another name for the yellow-flowered plant Gallium verum |
| FOOLSGOLD | Another name for the yellow mineral pyrite (5,4) |
| BAOTOU | Largest city of Inner Mongolia by urban population, located on the north bank of the Yellow River, west of the region's capital Hohhot (6) |
| TSE | K'ung Fu-___ (Chinese name for Confucius) |
| MEI | ___guo (Chinese name for America) |
| KIDNEY | ____ vetch, alternative name for the yellow-petalled medicinal plant Anthyllis vulneraria (6) |
| HUNAN | Landlocked province of China whose name means 'south of the (Yellow) River'; capital, Zhengzhou (5) |
| SANMENXIA | City in Henan, China on the southern bank of the Yellow River (9) |
| YINDYNASTY | It ruled in the Yellow River valley, second millennium BC |
