Claim: Linfen is located in the southwestern part of Shanxi with the Yellow River (the second-longest river in Japan) to the west and it spans 170 kilometers.
Evidence: The Yellow River or Huang He (listen (help·)) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi).