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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 late 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 ...
Yellow River flood may refer to: Jishi Gorge outburst flood (c. 1920 BC) ... List of floods; List of floods in China This page was last edited on 8 ...
The 1034 Yellow River flood (traditional Chinese: 1034年黃河洪水; simplified Chinese: 1034年黄河洪水; pinyin: 1034 nián huánghé hóngshuǐ) [a] was a natural disaster along China's Yellow River originating in a burst fascine following heavy rainfall at Henglong in the territory of the Northern Song.
A map of China depicting the Yellow River's new path following Li Xing's projects. The 1494 Yellow River flood was a natural disaster in China during the Ming dynasty. Flood relief was directed by the grand eunuch Li Xing, who founded the city of Anping and established temples to the river god there and at Huanglinggan.