The Sanmenxia Dam: How China Dammed the Yellow River

Like and subscribe. This is an archive channel, i'm not the owner of the content, check the link in the end. The Yellow River is China's second biggest river. It is seen as the birthplace of China's civilization and is a source of much of its prosperity.

Yet at the same time, the Yellow River has brought great tragedy to the Chinese people. Thus the nickname: "China's Sorrow". Major floods throughout the years - natural or otherwise - have killed hundreds of thousands.

For its first great achievement, the People’s Republic sought to bring China's sorrow under the control of man. Thus came about the country's first great dam: the Sanmenxia.
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