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China - Yellow River delta in 1989
auteur: Nasa/Novapix
référence: t-aschi-00009
Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 16 cm
China’s Huang He (Yellow River) is the most sediment-filled river on Earth. In the lower reaches, where the current slows, the natural accumulation of sediment in the riverbed has caused the river to change course often in the past. Since the mid-nineteenth century, however, the lower reaches of the river and the delta have been extensively engineered to control flooding and to protect coastal development.
This natural-color image from NASA's Landsat 5 satellite shows the Yellow River Delta at the river mouth in 1989. In 1989, the river’s main channel emptied into the Bohai Sea in a southeast-bending arc.
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