Ep 55: Yellow River Part 1 - How it got yellow

In this episode we discuss China's sorrow, the famous and infamous yellow river (黄河). Stretching through China's north eastern floodplain, it both birthed early chinese civilization, and put it through some of its most harrowing challenges.

In part one we discuss the geography of the yellow river, its early myths, and how the complex interaction between rainfall, erosion, and human action can create extremely deadly disaster events.

Selected sources:
The Yellow River, a Natural and Unnatural History
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300238334/the-yellow-river/

The Water Kingdom:
https://www.amazon.com/Water-Kingdom-PHILIP-BALL/dp/1784701548/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=