Henglong ( is a former city in northern China.
A burst
fascine
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there in 1034 diverted the
Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Ha ...
north into three separate courses east of
Daming, one terminating in the
Chi River
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, another in the
You
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History
''You'' comes from the Proto- ...
, the last in the
Jin.
[Elvin, Mark & Liu Cuirong (eds.) ''Studies in Environment and History:'' ]
Sediments of Time: Environment and Society in Chinese History
', pp. 555 ff. Cambridge Uni. Press, 1998. . Accessed 15 Oct. 2011. The flood was recorded as reducing the revenues of the northern provinces by half,
damage that had not been repaired before the even larger flood and course change in 1048.
See also
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1034 Yellow River flood
The 1034 Yellow River flood () was a natural disaster along China's Yellow River originating in a burst fascine following heavy rainfall at Henglong in the territory of the Northern Song. The flood divided the Yellow River from its previous cours ...
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References
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Ancient Chinese cities