Yellow River Floods of 1887 and 1931

The Yellow River - Two Terrifying Floods , 1887 1931

The Yellow river is the second longest river in China and the sixth longest river in the world . It starts in the Bayan Har Mountains and flows through nine provinces until it ends in the Bohai Sea . The Yellow river is extremely important in Chinese history as it is considered the birthplace of northern Chinese civilization and was an extremely prosperous region China 's early existence . Devastating floods from this river have since changed this river and its region from prosperous to the name

China 's Sorrow . Two catastrophic floods have devastated the area around the Yellow River , the first in 1887 and the second in 1931 These floods not only affect the population but also have catastrophic affects on the economy and agriculture of this region

The Yellow river basin and its area is prone to floods due to its geography . The area around the river is very flat and ideal for farming The river can be broken into three different stages , the upper reaches middle reaches and lower reaches . The Upper Reaches starts at the rivers source in Bayan Har Mountains and ends at Hekou County in Mongolia . The land in this section consists or pastures , knolls and swamps . There are over 20 gorges in this section which provide power to many hydroelectric plants . At the end of the upper reaches the river flows through the Yinchuan Plain and Hetao Plain . These areas are mostly desert and grasslands and the...