1897 Yellow River flood

The 1897 Yellow River flood was a major natural disaster during the late Qing dynasty in China.

The Yellow River today

After millennia of meandering north and south of the Shandong peninsula, the 1897 flood resulted in the course of the Yellow River generally followed to this day.

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