About the history of the Yellow River

Yellow river-the river with the largest sediment concentration in the world. The Yellow River, the mother river of China. If the motherland is compared to an upright cock, the Yellow River is the artery of the cock's heart. The Yellow River has a flow of 5,464 kilometers and a drainage area of 752,442 square kilometers. Thousands of tributaries and streams, like countless capillaries, continuously convey vitality and vitality to the motherland.

[Edit this paragraph] Basic information

The length is 5464 kilometers, the source is 4675 meters above sea level, and the average flow is 1.774. The Yellow River has the largest sediment concentration in the world. The Yellow River, the mother river of China. If the motherland is compared to an upright cock, the Yellow River is the artery of the cock's heart. The Yellow River has a flow of 5,464 kilometers and a drainage area of 752,442 square kilometers. Thousands of tributaries and streams, like countless capillaries, continuously convey vitality and vitality to the motherland. 5 cubic meters per second, with a drainage area of 752,442 square kilometers. Its source is in Qinghai Province, and it flows into Bohai Sea. The dividing point between the upper and middle reaches is Old Jin Meng. Origin: Yuegu Zonglie at the northern foot of Bayan Kara is the source of the Yellow River.

[Edit this paragraph] Natural features

The Yellow River is the second longest river in China and the fifth longest river in the world. Originated in Bayan Kara, Qinghai, the main stream runs through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces, with a total length of 5,464 kilometers, a drainage area of 752,442 square kilometers, an annual runoff of 57.4 billion cubic meters and an average runoff depth of 79 meters. However, the water volume is not as large as that of the Pearl River, and there are 35 main tributaries along the way. The larger tributaries are in the upper reaches, with Huangshui River, Taohe River, Qingshui River, Fenhe River, Weihe River and Qinhe River in the middle reaches, and Yihe River and Luohe River in the lower reaches. There are no lakes on both sides of the river, and the lower reaches of the Yellow River are very small, and few rivers flow into the Yellow River. The estuary of the Yellow River is1500m wide, generally 500m, the narrower part is only 300m, and the water depth is generally 2.5m.. In some places, the depth is only 1.2 ~ 1.3 meters.

Yellow river

[Edit this paragraph] Geographical environment

The mountainous and grassland plateaus from Heyuan to Guide belong to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Above 3000 meters above sea level; Mountain peaks above 4000 meters; And valleys at an altitude of 4,200 meters. Guide's reach from Jinmeng River is the Loess Plateau, the western slope of Lvliang, the Weihe Valley in the south, the Ordos Plateau in the north and the Lanzhou Valley in the west. The elevation of the Loess Plateau is generally at 1, 000 ~ 1, 300 meters, with uneven terrain and deep slopes. The gully slope is 65,438+0.5 ~ 20 degrees, and the gully area accounts for 40 ~ 50%. Gully density is 3 ~ 5 kilometers per square kilometer, and the cutting depth is more than 1 meter. Below Jin Meng, it enters the low-lying North China Plain, with an altitude of no more than 50 meters. After entering the downstream, the river channel is flat, and the average gradient is only 0. 12%. The water flow slows down, a lot of sediment is deposited, and the riverbed is 4 ~ 5 meters above the ground. Due to the repeated diversions of the Yellow River, fan-shaped ancient riverbeds and ancient natural dikes are alluvial on the ground, becoming an inclined plain with alternating gentle hills and depressions, and the depressions are relatively open and flat.

[Edit this paragraph] River Basin Overview

The Yellow River reaches Hekou Town, Tuoketuo County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with a total length of 3,472 kilometers. The middle reaches are from Hekou Town to Taohuayu, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, with a river length of 1206 km. Below Taohuayu is the downstream, with a river length of 786 kilometers. There are many opinions on the division of the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and the division scheme of the Yellow River Water Resources Commission is adopted here. The Yellow River runs across China from east to west, with a length of 1.900 km from east to west and a width of1.654,38+0.000 km from north to south, with a total area of 752,443 square kilometers.

The Yellow River, like a lion with his head held high, crosses the mountains of Qinghai and Gansu provinces from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Hetao Plain across Ningxia and Inner Mongolia; Pentium in the ravine between Shanxi and Shaanxi; Break through the "Longmen", turn around at the foot of Huashan Mountain in Xiyue, cross the North China Plain, and head for the coast of Bohai Sea. It flows through 9 provinces and regions, and gathers more than 40 main tributaries and 1000 streams and rivers, with a journey of 5,464 kilometers and a drainage area of more than 750,000 square kilometers, making it the second longest river in China. The average annual precipitation in the whole basin is about 400 mm, while the average annual runoff of the Yellow River is only 57.4 billion cubic meters, ranking eighth among Chinese rivers. There are more than 200 million mu of cultivated land in the basin, and the population is about 654.38+0 billion along the Yulu River downstream.

The average natural runoff of the whole Yellow River for many years is 58 billion cubic meters, the average annual runoff depth of the basin is 77 mm, the per capita water volume of the basin is 593 cubic meters, and the cultivated land is 324 cubic meters.

The middle reaches of the Yellow River flow through the Loess Plateau. Due to soil erosion, tributaries bring a lot of sediment, making the Yellow River the largest river with sediment concentration in the world. The annual maximum sediment discharge is 3965438+ 1 100 million tons (1933), and the maximum sediment concentration is 920kg/m3( 1977). The average sediment discharge of Sanmenxia Station for many years is about 65.438+0.6 billion tons, and the average sediment concentration is 35 kg/m3.

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The main tributaries of the Yellow River are Baihe, Heihe, Huangshui, Zuli, Qingshui, Dahei, Kuye, Wuding, Fenhe, Weihe, Luohe, Qinhe and Dawenhe.

Weihe River is the largest tributary of the Yellow River.

Major lakes

There are Zhaling Lake, Eling Lake, Wuliangsuhai Lake and Dongping Lake.

Mainstream canyon

There are 30 canyons in the main stream of the Yellow River, 28 in the upper reaches and 2 in the middle reaches. The lower reaches flow through the North China Plain without canyons. The canyon section of the main stream is 1707 km long, accounting for 3 1.2% of the total length of the main stream.

[Edit this paragraph] Biological resources

Fish 12 1 species (subspecies) in the main stream of the Yellow River, and 98 species of pure freshwater fish in the main stream, accounting for 78.4% of the total. The main economic fish are naked spotted carp, flat-edged swallowtail, thick-lipped naked heavy-lipped fish, yellow river naked-lipped fish, yarrow, northern Tongyu, carp, crucian carp and so on. There are only 16 species of fish in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and the composition is relatively simple. There are only Schizothorax fish, yarrow fish and loach in CYPRINIDAE and Misguridae. Fish in the middle and lower reaches are generally similar, mainly CYPRINIDAE. There are 7/kloc-0 species of fish in the middle reaches, and there are no typical plain fish such as silver carp, bighead carp, bream and bream. There are Schizothorax and Misgurnus anguillicaudatus in the upper reaches of the middle reaches, and 78 species of fish in the lower reaches, including a variety of fish crossing estuaries and brackish water. According to the survey data of tributaries of the Yellow River, according to the fish statistics of Taohe River in Gansu, Weihe River in Shaanxi and Jinghe River, there are 30 species in Weihe River, followed by Taohe River 1 1 species, and only 4 species in Jinghe River. Most of the tributaries in the middle and upper reaches are small fishes of CYPRINIDAE and Misgurnus, a few are Tasmanian fishes and catfish, and the economic fishes are carp, crucian carp, yarrow fish and catfish.

[Edit this section] Reach

There are different opinions about the boundary between the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. The Yellow River Conservancy Commission divides Hekou Town and Taohuayu into upper, middle and lower reaches. Traditional middle school textbooks divide Hekou Town and Jin Meng into upper, middle and lower reaches. Scholar Yang thinks Qingtongxia and Harmony are more suitable. Scholar Xu advocated Jiayingguan in Wuzhi County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province as the dividing line between the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. The following is the division plan of the Yellow River Water Conservancy Commission.

Upstream

The upper reaches of the Yellow River are above Hekou Town, Tuoketuo County, Inner Mongolia. The total length of the upper reaches is 3,472 kilometers, and the basin area is 386,000 square kilometers, accounting for 5 1.3% of the total Yellow River. The total upstream drop is 3496m, with an average gradient of10 ‰; There are 43 large tributaries (basin area 1000 square kilometers or more), and the runoff accounts for 54% of the whole river; The upper reaches of the Yellow River only account for 8% of the annual sediment discharge of the whole river, with more water and less sediment, which is the clear water source of the Yellow River. The upper reaches of the river are controlled by Qingshan Mountain, Xiqiao Mountain and Nanshan Mountain in Anima, Qinghai, with an S-shaped bend. According to the different characteristics of rivers, the upper reaches of the Yellow River can be divided into three parts: source section, canyon section and alluvial plain section.

The upper part of Qinghai Kariqu to Qinghai Guide Longyangxia is the Heyuan section. Heyuan section starts from Kariqu, passes through Xingsuhai, Zhaling Lake and Eling Lake to Maduo, bypasses Qingshan and Xiqingshan in Anima, and reaches Guide in Qinghai via Longyangxia. Most of the rivers in this section flow through the plateau of three or four kilometers, and the rivers are tortuous, with lakes, swamps and grass beaches on both sides. The water quality is clear, the water flow is stable and the water yield is large. There are Zhaling Lake and Eling Lake in the reach, both above 4260 meters above sea level, with storage capacity of 4.7 billion cubic meters and 654.38+0.08 billion cubic meters respectively, which are the largest plateau freshwater lakes in China. The Yellow River runs from Maduo, Qinghai Province to Maqu, Gansu Province, and flows through the ancient basin and low hills between Bayankala and Animaqing Mountain. Most river sections have wide valleys, and occasionally there are canyons. The Yellow River runs from Maqu, Gansu Province to Longyangxia, Guide, Qinghai Province, and flows through high mountains and canyons, with fast-flowing water and abundant hydraulic resources. Baihe and Heihe rivers, tributaries originating in Minshan, Sichuan, join the Yellow River in this section.

The section from Longyangxia in Qinghai to Qingtongxia in Ningxia is a canyon section. This section of the river flows through mountainous hills. Due to different rock properties, river valleys and wide valleys appear alternately: river valleys are formed in hard gneiss, granite and Nanshan metamorphic rocks, while wide valleys are formed in loose sand shale and red rock series. There are 20 canyons in this section, including Longyang Gorge, Jishi Gorge, Liujiaxia Gorge, Bapan Gorge and Qingtongxia. There are cliffs on both sides of the canyon, with narrow riverbed, steep river slope and rapid water flow. From Guide to Lanzhou, this section is one of the concentrated reaches of the three major tributaries of the Yellow River, and the inflow of important tributaries such as Taohe River and Huangshui River has greatly increased the water volume of the Yellow River. The reach from Longyangxia to Xiaheyan River in Ningxia is a "mine-rich" area of the Yellow River and one of the important hydropower bases in China.

Qingtongxia in Ningxia to Hekou Town in Tuoketuo County, Inner Mongolia is an alluvial plain. After leaving Qingtongxia, the Yellow River flows northeast along the northwest boundary of Ordos Plateau, and then reaches Hekou Town eastward. Most of the areas along the river are deserts and desert grasslands, and there is basically no tributary injection. The river bed of the main stream is gentle and the water flow is slow. On both sides are large alluvial plains, namely the famous Yinchuan Plain and Hetao Plain. There are floods and ice disasters in the plain along the Yangtze River to varying degrees. Hetao Plain starts from Xiaheyan in Ningxia in the west and reaches Hekou Town in Inner Mongolia in the east, with a length of 900 kilometers and a width of 30-50 kilometers. It is a famous irrigation area for diverting water from the Yellow River with a long irrigation history. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "the Yellow River is full of disasters and there is only one set of wealth".

middle reaches

The reach of the Yellow River between Hekou Town, Tuoketuo County, Inner Mongolia and Taohuayu, Zhengzhou, Henan Province is the middle reaches of the Yellow River, with a total length of 1.206 km and a drainage area of 344,000 square kilometers, accounting for 45.7% of the total drainage area. The total drop in the middle reaches is 890 meters, with an average gradient of 0.74 ‰; This river has 30 major tributaries; The increased water volume accounts for 42.5% of the Yellow River water volume, and the increased sediment volume accounts for 92% of the whole Yellow River sediment volume, which is the main source of the Yellow River sediment.

Hekou Town to Yumenkou is the longest continuous canyon on the main stream of the Yellow River-Shanxi Canyon. Most of the tributaries of this reach flow through the loess hilly and gully region, which is the main source of coarse sediment in the Yellow River. Among the 65.438+0.6 billion tons of sediment transport in the whole river for many years, 900 million tons come from this interval. This reach is the second largest hydropower base of the Yellow River with large gradient and abundant hydraulic resources. There is a famous Hukou Waterfall in the lower part of the canyon, with a deep trough width of only 30~50 meters and a low water level drop of about 18 meters, which is magnificent.

From Yumenkou to Sanmenxia, the Yellow River flows through the Wei Fen Plain, the valley widens and the water flows slowly. The two banks of this river are Weibei and Jinnan loess tablelands, which are important agricultural areas in Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces. This reach has accepted Fenhe River, Luohe River, Jinghe River, Weihe River, Luo Yi River, Qinhe River and other important tributaries, and is one of the main sources of sediment in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, with an average annual output of 550 million tons. The reach is located in the channel from Yumenkou to Tongguan (that is, the small north main stream of the Yellow River) 132.5km, with drastic changes in erosion and deposition, and the channel is very unstable from side to side. Constrained by the mountains near Tongguan, the valley suddenly narrows, forming a natural bayonet with a width of only 1000 meters. The level of Tongguan river bed is closely related to the changes of erosion and deposition in the Xiaobei main stream of the Yellow River and the lower reaches of the Weihe River, so the hydrological term "Tongguan elevation" is used.

Sanmenxia to Taohuayu section is divided into two parts from Xiaolangdi: above Xiaolangdi, the river is between Zhongtiao Mountain and hill, which is the last canyon on the main stream of the Yellow River; The valley below Xiaolangdi gradually widens, which is the transition section of the Yellow River from mountainous area to plain.

lower reaches

The Yellow River below Taohuayu in Zhengzhou, Henan Province is the lower reaches of the Yellow River, with a total length of 786 kilometers and a drainage area of only 23,000 square kilometers, accounting for 3% of the total drainage area. The total downstream drop is 93.6m, with an average gradient of 0.1.2 ‰; The increased water volume in the interval accounts for 3.5% of the water volume of the Yellow River. Due to the large amount of sediment in the Yellow River, the long-term sedimentation in the lower reaches has formed a world-famous "hanging river on the ground", and the Yellow River has become a watershed between the Haihe River Basin and the Huaihe River Basin. Except for the Dawen River flowing from Dongping Lake, there are no big tributaries in this section.

Except for the low hills between Dongping Lake on the south bank and Jinan, the lower reaches depend on dikes, with a total length of 1.400 km. Historically, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River often burst, which brought heavy disasters to the Chinese nation. Because the lower reaches of the Yellow River flow from southwest to northeast, the north of the Yellow River freezes first in winter, forming ice flood. Ice dams are easily blocked by the overflow of ice, which leads to the overflow of dikes and poses a serious threat.

Below the downstream Lijin is the Yellow River estuary. Due to sediment deposition, the mouth of the Yellow River keeps extending and swinging. At present, the Yellow River estuary is located at the intersection of Bohai Bay and Laizhou Bay, which is a new channel formed by the siltation of Qingshuigou after the artificial diversion of 1976. In recent 40 years, the average sediment transported by the Yellow River to the estuary area is about 654.38+100 million tons/year, with an average annual net land of 25 to 30 square kilometers.

The mountainous and grassland plateaus from Heyuan to Guide belong to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Above 3000 meters above sea level; Mountain peaks above 4000 meters; And valleys at an altitude of 4,200 meters. Guide's reach from Jinmeng River is the Loess Plateau, the western slope of Lvliang, the Weihe Valley in the south, the Ordos Plateau in the north and the Lanzhou Valley in the west. The elevation of the Loess Plateau is generally at 1, 000 ~ 1, 300 meters, with uneven terrain and deep slopes. The gully slope is 65,438+0.5 ~ 20 degrees, and the gully area accounts for 40 ~ 50%. Gully density is 3 ~ 5 kilometers per square kilometer, and the cutting depth is more than 1 meter. Below Jin Meng, it enters the low-lying North China Plain, with an altitude of no more than 50 meters. After entering the downstream, the river channel is flat, and the average gradient is only 0. 12%. The water flow slows down, a lot of sediment is deposited, and the riverbed is 4 ~ 5 meters above the ground. Due to the repeated diversion of the Yellow River, fan-shaped ancient riverbed and ancient natural dike alluvial on the ground, becoming an inclined plain with gentle hills and depressions, and the depressions are relatively open and flat.