1897 Yellow River flood

The 1897 Yellow River flood was a major natural disaster during the late Qing dynasty in China. In that year,[1] 50,000 square miles of the river's floodplain where inundated and more than a million people were drowned.[2]

References

  1. ^ River Control and the Yellow River of China: A Collection of the Opinions of China. Brown University. 1918. p. 473. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  2. ^ Arey, Albert Llewellyn; Bryant, Frank Laverne; Clendenin, William Wallace; Morrey, William Thomas (1911). Physiography for High Schools. D.C. Heath & Company. p. 361. Retrieved 13 March 2026.


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