Yellow River

In arid areas, runoff is often the main source of water reaching the valley bottom. The rivers carry a high nutrient load consisting mainly of N and P. Throughout the world, estuaries of rivers draining arid lands, or the lakes they empty into, are incredibly rich in aquatic life. Flood plains located downstream of arid areas are also known for their rich soils. The Yellow River in... 

Fu GB, Chen SL, Liu CM et al (2004) Hydro-climatic trends of the Yellow River basin for the last 50 years. Clim Change 65 149-178... 

Zhang L, Dai S (2007) Application of Markov Model to environmental fate of phenanthrene in Lanzhou Reach of Yellow River. Chemosphere 67 1296—1299... 

Hao FH, Zhang XS, Yang ZF (2004) A distributed non-point source pollution model calibration and validation in the Yellow River Basin. J Environ Sci 16(4) 646-650... 

Wu L, Huh Y, Qin J, Du G, Van Der Lee S (2005) Chemical weathering in the Upper Huang He (Yellow River) draining the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 69(22) 5279-5294... 

Composition of Grain Size of Suspended Sediments from the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers. Journal of Ocean University of Qingdao, 35(3), 417-422 (in Chinese). 

Xu, A. W., Wang, C. S., Chi, J. Q., et al. (2001). Preliminary provenance research on Chinese Neolithic pottery Huating (Xinyi County) and three Yellow River Valley sites. Archaeometry 43 35 17. 

Huang He (Yellow) River, China 4 samples Humboldt River (North Fork) Nevada, USA (upstream from mining site)... 

Loess along Huang He (Yellow) River, China 10.4 (average) 25 (maximum) Huang et al. (1988), 83... 

Yellow River plains, Inner Mongolia, China... 

Turner, R. E., N. N. Rabelais, and Z. N. Zhang. 1990. Phytoplankton biomass, production and growth limitations on the Huanghe (Yellow River) continental shelf. Continental Shelf Research 10 545-571. 

The Yellow River possesses a notable feature that cannot be ignored it is the largest loess deposit in the world. Because of intense soil erosion, the Yellow River far exceeds any of the world s large rivers in terms of annual sediment transport and is the most turbid large river in the world. Such high suspended-sediment content in water may affect the fate and effect of PAHs in the river to a considerable extent. 

Recently, Li et al. (2006) assessed PAH concentrations, distribution between different phases, and transition along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River Concentrations of PAHs in water samples from the main stream of Yellow River ranged between 179 and... 

Gao, H., Bao, W.Y., Zhang, S.G., 2001. Contaminative Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Research. Yellow River Conservancy Press, Zhengzhou, China, pp. 209-214. 

Li, X.L., Qu, K., Liu, Z.H., Zhao, P.L., 1996. Assessment of contamination circumstance in Yiluo River and the section between Mengzhou Huayuankou of the Yellow River. Water Resour. Prot. 1, 33-37. 

Li, G.C., Xia, X.H., Yang, Z.F., Wang, R., Voulvoulis, N., 2006. Distribution and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, China. Environ. Pollut. 144, 985-993. 

Wang, L.L., Zhu, X.C., Li, M., 2004a. Study on organic pollution of drinking source of Yellow River valley in Henan province. Environ. Pollut. Control 26(2), 104-106. 

Wright, L.D., Wiseman, W.J., Yang, Z., Bornhold, B.D., Keller, G.H., Prior, D.J., and Suhayda, J.N. (1990) Processes of marine dispersal and deposition of suspended silts off the modern mouth of the Huanghe (Yellow River). Cont. Shelf Res. 10, 1-40. 

Xue, C. (1993) Historical changes in the Yellow River delta, China. Mar. Geol. 113, 321-329. 

It should be remembered that silt carried by rivers is the product of soil erosion and scouring of their channels by the rivers themselves. The elements causing both conditions are well known our greatest interest is. to prevent the loss of valuable surface soils and minerals. This cannot be done scientifically unless we know the physical factors causing movement of small particles. Many notable contributions have been made in this field, here and abroad. Some concept of the magnitude of the engineering problems involved may be estimated from an excellent discussion of the Yellow River Problem by Todd and Eliassen... 

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