The magnificent Hukou Falls on the Yellow River, China's second longest, has become frozen as a result of lingering ice floods.

 

Sections of the 5,464-km river froze, filling the waterfall with chunks of ice. The waterfall is located in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on the upper reaches of the Yellow River.

 

Travel to the scenic spot has been closed for 20 days due to ice flood control measures.

 

Experts with the local scenery protection authorities said ice thaw will appear by late March or early April, when the waterfall scenery resumes.

 

The Yellow River originates in Qinghai Province and flows through Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan,before passing through Shandong and emptying the Bohai Bay.

 

 

 

 

(Xinhua News Agency January 18, 2006)