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v. t. e. Yellow River civilization, Huanghe civilization or Huanghe Valley civilization (Chinese: 黃河文明), Hwan‐huou civilization is an ancient Chinese civilization that prospered in the middle and lower basin of the Yellow River. [1] Agriculture was started in the flood plain of the Yellow River, and before long, through flood control ...
The Yellow River[ a ] is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest river system on Earth, with an estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi) and a watershed of 795,000 km 2 (307,000 sq mi). Beginning in the Bayan Har Mountains, the river flows generally eastwards before entering the 1,500 km (930 mi) long Ordos Loop, which runs ...
The Yellow River Map, Scheme, or Diagram, also known by its Chinese name as the Hetu, is an ancient Chinese diagram that appears in myths concerning the invention of writing by Cangjie and other culture heroes. It is usually paired with the Luoshu Square —named in reference to the Yellow River's Luo tributary—and used with the Luoshu in ...
1938 Yellow River flood. The 1938 Yellow River flood (simplified Chinese: 花园口决堤事件; traditional Chinese: 花園口決堤事件; pinyin: Huāyuánkǒu Juédī Shìjiàn; lit. 'Huayuankou Dam Burst Incident') was a man-made flood from June 1938 to January 1947 created by the intentional destruction of levees on the Yellow River in ...
Basin size. 2,400 km 2 (930 sq mi) The Huang River (Chinese: 潢河; pinyin: Huáng Hé) is a tributary of the Huai River in Henan Province, Central China. The Huang rises in southeastern Xin County and flows northward across the Guangshan County and Huangchuan County to reach its mouth at the northeastern Xuezi Town of the Huangchuan County ...
The People's Republic of China has an area of about 9,600,000 km 2 (3,700,000 sq mi). The exact land area is sometimes challenged by border disputes, most notably about Taiwan, Aksai Chin, the Trans-Karakoram Tract, and South Tibet. The area of the People's Republic of China is 9,596,960 km 2 (3,705,410 sq mi) according to the CIA's The World ...
The water of the Yellow River are generally thought to have broken through the dikes in Huayuankou, near the city of Zhengzhou in Henan province. Owing to the low-lying plains near the area, the flood spread very quickly throughout Northern China , covering an estimated 50,000 square miles (130,000 km 2 ), swamping agricultural settlements and ...
Fatalities. 422,499–4,000,000[1] Areas affected. Central and eastern China. The 1931 China floods, or the 1931 Yangtze–Huai River floods, occurred from June to August 1931 in China, hitting major cities such as Wuhan, Nanjingand beyond, and eventually culminated in a dikebreach along Lake Gaoyouon 25 August 1931. Fatality estimates vary widely.