Yellow River is the second longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth longest river system in the world at the estimated length of 5,464 km (3395mi). Originating in the Banyan Har Mountains in Qinghai province of Western China, it flows through nine provinces, and it ...
About the Yellow River 2 The Yellow River is also known as the “cradle of Chinese civilization” or the “Mother River.” Over the centuries, the Chinese people have 中国历史黄河概况2 黄河又称“母亲河”，被誉为“中华文明的摇篮”。千百年来，中国人民得其灌溉、航运、作战之利。黄河带来...
Flood Control in the Yellow River Basin in Chinadoi:10.1002/047147844X.sw259flood controlYellow Riversedimentflood riskdikeRongchao LiJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd
During the water-sediment regulation operation, three major reservoirs on the middle reaches of the Yellow River, namely the Wanjiazhai, the Sanmenxia and the Xiaolangdi, will be coordinated in discharging water to wash away the sediment in the river before the arrival of the flood season. The...
The Yellow River is the cradle of China's civilization. And flood control and prevention have always been key to the wellbeing of the people living along it. Now, scientists can better work on these issues by giving the river a digital twin.The digital twin of the Yellow River uses variou...
The Yellow River is the cradle of China’s civilization. And flood control and prevention have always been key to the well-being of the people living along it. Now, scientists can better work on these issues by giving the river a digital twin. The digital twin of the Yellow River uses ...
By Wednesday, of the 830 kilometers of the Inner Mongolia section of the Yellow River, 626.5 kilometers remained iced over, with the rest flowing with ice chunks, and the density of the drift ice was 20 to 30 percent in the thawed part. Flood control departments are ...
Using a combination of archaeological and geological methods, we examine how extreme flood events at Kaifeng, a former capital of dynastic China, have shaped the city’s urban resilience. Specifically, we focus on an extreme Yellow River flood event in AD 1642 that historical records suggest ...
T he Yellow River is the cradle (摇 ) of China's civilization. Flood control and prevention have always been key to the well-being of the people living along it. Now,scientists can better work on these issues. 1The digital twin of the Yellow River uses many technologies, including big ...
(i.e. decades). It reduces the effective protection levels of dikes, increases maintenance costs and amplifies the consequences of failure of flood protection infrastructure. For example, subsidence in Shanghai city has required the flood defence walls along the Huangpu River to be raised four ...