Indus River vs. Huang He Valley
The Indus rier is one of the longest rivers. Monenjodaro and Harap are ancient civilization. They had more than 40,000 people each while Sumeriun cities only had 10,000. The Indus pople are very good farmers. The best place to farm is on the shore. Their domesticated animals were humped cattle, dogs. pigs.hore. and may have included elephants too. They had an organezed govenment.
The Haung He Valley is also named The Yellow River.The Yellow is an important aspect of China it has provided water and enabled farmers to farm crops to fifty million people (Oliver J. Todd, "Taming "Flood Dragons"…"1), however with the Yellow River comes death and destruction. Many names have been given to the Yellow River such as "The Cradle of Chinese Civilization," "China’s Sorrow," or it’s Chinese name Haung He or Haung Ho which both mean Yellow River in Chinese.
The fertile basin of the Indus River was an important center of ancient civilization. Buried cities found here—such as Mohenjo-daro near Karachi—are at least as old as the first pyramids of Egypt. They had broad streets, fine brick buildings, bathrooms, and drainage systems. Through the centuries the river valley was a trade route.
The Chinese have long sought to control the Huang He by building dikes and overflow channels. Silt deposition, the principal cause of flooding, continually elevates the riverbed; in places the river flows 60 to 70 ft (18-21 m) above the surrounding plains.Turning south, the Huang He passes through the Great Wall and enters the fertile loess region (where rich coal deposits are also found on both sides of the river). Cutting deep into the loess, the river receives most of the yellow silt from which its name is derived. After receiving the Wei and Fen rivers, its chief tributaries, the Huang He turns east and flows through Sanmen gorge, site of the Sanmenxia dam, which is used for power production, flood control, and navigation. Below the Sanmenxia dam is the multipurpose Xiaolangdi dam, located in the river's last valley before the North China Plain, a great delta created from silt dropped at the Huang He's mouth over the millennia.
The Indus River is one of the worlds greatest rivers, extending from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea, and this book presents an unparalleled look at the interaction between the Indus River and its landscape, biodiversity, resources, and people. It is essential for all those involved in environmental studies.
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