Yellow River Floods (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Yellow River Floods

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Map showing historically identified courses of the Yellow River and its historic mega-deltas. The 1938� course evolved after the dykes were destroyed to (unsuccessfully) prevent Japanese forces from advancing across the Central Plains.

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Courtesy of the Journal of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

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