You can also explore further northwest into the Tengger Desert, the fourth largest desert in China. The first one is drought. With global warming leading to decrease in rainfall in the Yellow River Basin, and increasing water demands for irrigation, industry, etc. The longest dry period lasted days in Drought in the Yellow River region has brought serious challenges to agricultural development and the cities near the Yellow River.
The second one is pollution. The Yellow River has become so polluted in some reaches that it is unfit for agricultural and industrial use, because of the huge increase in factory and sewage discharges from China's fast-expanding cities.
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More details can be found in our privacy policy. Home Chinese Culture Geography of China. Where Is the Yellow River? Where the Name "Yellow River" Came From The name "Yellow River" comes from the huge amounts of "yellow" loess sediment it carries , which are eroded when it flows through the Loess Plateau. Why Is the Yellow River Yellow? Yellow River in Gansu.
Eling Lake — the largest plateau fresh water lake at the source of the Yellow River. Hukou Waterfall. First Bend of Yellow River. Qinghai Lake. Related Articles. China Highlights No Shopping Promise. Recommended Tours. Spotlight Experiences for China Family Tours. The alluvial valley is well-defined in the lower part of the drainage basin and is heavily populated.
The major high water period is from July through October. More than million people live along the banks of the Huang He. In some places the water level of the river is higher than the land and dikes have built to try and stop the river from flooding. The river is often called "China's sorrow" because millions of people have been killed by flooding.
The worst flood disaster in world history occurred in August, along the Huang He River in China and killed an estimated 3. Between July and November, some 88, sq km of land were completely flooded, and about 21, sq km more were partially flooded. The Huang He has changed course in the eastern portion a number of times. For several centuries before , it emptied into the Yellow Sea, south of the highlands of Shandong Province.
The course shifted north that year, and, from that time until , the river emptied into the gulf of Bohai. In , during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese forces, seeking to impede the invading Japanese, destroyed the dikes and diverted the Huang He into the former course.
The Chinese rebuilt the dikes in , re-diverting the river to the Bohai. The present delta is 36, sq km in size i Nearly 1 million people died in the flood itself and in the famines and epidemics that resulted from the flooding. The river is also a bringer of commerce.
Ships of many sizes still sail up and down the river, just as they have done for centuries. The river has changed course in a major way at least five times that we know of, the last one taking place in One of the most creative uses of the river occurred during World War II.
Chinese troops under Chiang Kai-Shek broke the levees on the Huang He in order to flood a valley and stop the advance of invading Japanese troops. The resulting flood was massive, and the death toll of the invaders topped ,
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