The Yellow River is an important part of Chinese civilization and the root and soul of the Chinese nation.
The Yellow River is a river that gave birth to great civilization and is an important symbol of Chinese civilization. Ancient civilizations were mainly born in the basins of large rivers.
The Yellow River is a large river located in northern China and one of the longest rivers in the world. The "yellow" in the Yellow River is actually silt. It is recorded in ancient books: "The Yellow River fights with water, and mud dwells in it."
The sediment in the Yellow River comes from the Loess Plateau. The soil in the Loess Plateau is loose and easily eroded and scattered. Whenever it is washed away by heavy rains, a large amount of water and soil is lost and flows into the Yellow River. The basin has long winters and short summers, a wide temperature difference between winter and summer, and distinct seasonal temperature changes. The basin has little precipitation and is dominated by dryland agriculture. Winters are dry and springs are dry, and precipitation is concentrated in summer, autumn, July and August.
The Yellow River originates from the Yuegu Zonglie Basin at the northern foot of the Bayan Har Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and flows from west to east through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan and Shandong 9 provinces (autonomous regions), and finally flows into the Bohai Sea. The total length of the Yellow River is approximately 5,464 kilometers, with a total basin area of ??795,000 square kilometers (including an inner flow area of ??42,000 square kilometers).
The middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River are mainly mountainous, while the middle and lower reaches are mainly plains and hills. Because the middle section of the river flows through China's Loess Plateau, it carries a large amount of sediment, so it is also known as the river with the most sediment in the world. But in Chinese history, the diversion of the lower reaches of the Yellow River had a huge impact on human civilization.
The Yellow River is the main birthplace of Chinese civilization, and the Chinese call it the "Mother River." It carries 1.6 billion tons of sediment every year, of which 1.2 billion tons flows into the sea, and the remaining 400 million tons remain in the lower reaches of the Yellow River all year round, forming alluvial plains, which are conducive to planting.
The Yellow River Basin is the earliest developed area in China. When most parts of the world were still in a state of ignorance, our industrious and brave ancestors cut thorns, cultivated grass and worked hard on this vast land, creating a dazzling ancient culture.