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The Chad, lake stabilized, flood pattern vs the virgin, high sediment variable course, flood "pattern" (lemmy.nz)
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Pictured: Emporer Wang circa 11 AD

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[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The Yangtze likely played a big role (In my poorly educated opinion). It's far more reliable than the yellow river and likely provided a more stable ecosystem from which early people would learn to live with, and make use of, the yellow river despite its volitility.

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

You'd think so, but according to Wikipedia it was both, and the Yellow river is definitely the more prominent one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_River_civilization

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Huh, neat, I wonder why. I really gotta read more about Chinese "pre-history"

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

AFAIK it's the gigantic sediment load plus the wind sediments from the Loess plateau, which makes the area exceptionally fertile.

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