黄河壶口瀑布 Hukou Waterfall

黄河壶口瀑布风景名胜区，壶口瀑布，号称“黄河奇观”，是黄河上唯一的黄色大瀑布，也是中国的第二大瀑布。以壶口瀑布为中心的风景区，集黄河峡谷、黄土高原、古塬村寨为一体，展现了黄河流域壮美的自然景观和丰富多彩的历史文化积淀。1988年被确定为国家重点风景名胜区，1991年被评为“中国旅游胜地四十佳”，2016年，晋升为国家地质公园。

黄河壶口瀑布风景名胜区，地处晋陕大峡谷中段，两岸夹山，滔滔黄河到此被两岸苍山挟持，束缚在狭窄的石谷中，600米余宽的洪流骤然收束为30余米，

这时河水奔腾怒啸，山鸣谷应，形如巨壶沸腾，最后从20余米高的断层石崖飞泻直下，跌入30余米宽的石槽之中，听之如万马奔腾，视之如巨龙鼓浪，波浪翻滚，惊涛怒吼，震声数里，其形如巨壶沸腾，故名壶口瀑布。

壶口瀑布，东岸是山西省临汾市吉县壶口镇，西岸则属陕西省延安市宜川县壶口乡。地理位置为北纬36度8分10秒，东经110度26分40秒，海拔448.1米。以壶口瀑布为中心，北至马粪滩，南至小船窝，西至峡谷地域，东至人祖山，总面积100公里。东距山西吉县县城45公里，距尧都临汾市169公里；西距陕西宜川县城49公里；距革命圣地延安170公里；北距山西省省会太原387公里；南距陕西省省会西安449公里。

The Hukou Waterfall (simplified Chinese: 壶口瀑布; traditional Chinese: 壺口瀑布; pinyin: Húkǒu Pùbù), is the largest waterfall on the Yellow River, the second largest waterfall in China (after the Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou), and the world's largest yellow waterfall. It is located at the intersection of the provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, 165 km (103 mi) to the west of Fenxi County, and 50 km (31 mi) to the east of Yichuan County where the middle reaches of the Yellow River flow through Jinxia Grand Canyon. The width of the waterfall changes with the season, usually 30 metres (98 ft) wide but increasing to 50 m (164 ft) during flood season. It has a height of over 20 m (66 ft).

When the Yellow River approaches the Hukou Mountain, blocked by mountains on both sides, its width is abruptly narrowed down to 20–30 m (66–98 ft). The water's velocity increases, and then plunges over a narrow opening on a cliff, forming a waterfall 15 m (49 ft) high and 20 m (66 ft) wide, as if water were pouring down from a huge teapot. Hence it gets the name Hukou (literally, "flask mouth") Waterfall.