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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 Huayuankou, Henan by the ...
The 1887 Yellow River flood in Qing China began in September 1887 and killed at least 930,000 people. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was the single deadliest flood in China, making it one of the largest disasters in China by death toll .
The 1958 Yellow River flood was an extraordinarily large rise in the water flow of the Yellow River in China that coincided with the onset of the Great Leap Forward. In July 1958, the peak discharge of the Yellow River at Huayuankou was 22,300 m 3 /s (790,000 cu ft/s) with a maximum sediment concentration of 911 kg/m 3 (57 lb/cu ft), 14× and ...
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 ...
1958 Yellow River flood; J. Jishi Gorge outburst flood; X. Floods in Xuzhou's history; Y. 1642 Yellow River flood This page was last edited on 4 December 2020 ...
The Jishi Gorge outburst flood was a natural disaster that occurred around 1920 BC in China.The water flow during the eruption was one of the largest fresh water flows to occur in our geologic epoch and caused large widespread flooding around the Yellow River, affecting everyone living in the river basin.
China's rains and floods led to near doubling of natural disaster losses in July. August 8, 2024 at 11:20 PM. ... Yellow River, Huai River and parts of the North China Plain, breaking ...
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, Nanjing and beyond, and eventually culminated in a dike breach along Lake Gaoyou on 25 August 1931.