ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-229 days agoThe Chad, lake stabilized, flood pattern vs the virgin, high sediment variable course, flood "pattern"lemmy.mlimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThe Chad, lake stabilized, flood pattern vs the virgin, high sediment variable course, flood "pattern"lemmy.mlComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-229 days agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoYou’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
minus-squareComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoHuh, neat, I wonder why. I really gotta read more about Chinese “pre-history”
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoAFAIK it’s the gigantic sediment load plus the wind sediments from the Loess plateau, which makes the area exceptionally fertile.
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
Huh, neat, I wonder why. I really gotta read more about Chinese “pre-history”
AFAIK it’s the gigantic sediment load plus the wind sediments from the Loess plateau, which makes the area exceptionally fertile.