WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Perhaps the two most important geographical features of Ancient China were the two major rivers that flowed through central China: the Yellow River to the north and the Yangtze River to the south. These major rivers were a great source of fresh water, food, fertile soil, and transportation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges.

Detailed explanation-3: -It has a drainage basin of around 750, 000 square kilometers (290, 000 square miles), the third largest basin area in China. It is called the Yellow River because its waters carry silt, which give the river its yellow-brown color, and when the river overflows, it leaves a yellow residue behind.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Yellow River (Huang He), with a length of 3, 395 miles (5, 464 kilometres), is China’s second longest river-surpassed only by the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang). Its drainage basin is the third largest in China, with an area of some 290, 000 square miles (750, 000 square kilometres).