Gansu

Gansu (Chinese pinyin: Gānsù) is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. The name derives from Uighur kang ("wide") and su ("water"), which loosely translates as "place of water resources".

It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east. The Yellow River passes through the southern part of the province.