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The Yellow River, China is noted for its extremely heavy sediment load, about 5 times that of the Mississippi and very small flow, only 8% that of the Mississippi. Owing to the construction of reservoirs and increasing withdrawal of the river water for agriculture, industry and urban water supply, the flow of the Lower Yellow River is greatly reduced causing more serious siltation in the river channel and river mouth, threaterning the stabilization of the present outlet to the sea and economic growth of the delta. It is suggested that a more rational use of the river water resources should be formulated to mitigate this situation.
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Ren, Me. Anthropogenic effect on the flow and sediment of the Lower Yellow River and its bearing on the evolution of Yellow River delta, China. GeoJournal 37, 473–478 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00806935
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00806935