River, lake and land conservancy in portions of the provinces of Anhui and Kiangsu, north of the Yangtsze River; . the Floods in the so-called FloodAND Famine Recton. The Huai River Basix The entire Huai River catchment area discharges its waters intothe Hungtze Lake. The bed of this lake is comparatively high, andis slowly being raised each year by the deposit of silt which it receivesfrom the Huai and the other less important rivers coming in from thenorth and north-west. It may be said, however, that the percentageof silt held in suspension by the flood waters of this region is smallas comp
River, lake and land conservancy in portions of the provinces of Anhui and Kiangsu, north of the Yangtsze River; . the Floods in the so-called FloodAND Famine Recton. The Huai River Basix The entire Huai River catchment area discharges its waters intothe Hungtze Lake. The bed of this lake is comparatively high, andis slowly being raised each year by the deposit of silt which it receivesfrom the Huai and the other less important rivers coming in from thenorth and north-west. It may be said, however, that the percentageof silt held in suspension by the flood waters of this region is smallas compared with that of such rivers as the Haiho at Tientsin the * This statement is not made as the result of personal observation, but from data given me by foreign missionaries and natives living in sections affected Map o-f theFlood an6 Famjiie Region American Red Cra&s SCALE I INCH => MILES f y f Y y , yt ? indicates */re Boun<^aries of the famine,and flood Region., a t /i,te ofproposctJ oufJe^sand Canals. —probahic lii °^proposkcd OuHefs and Canalseurwejfs nof i\ *. ;.T 15 Yellow River and the Yang-tsze, but what there is deposited in theHungtze Lake which has no adequate outlet. The floods come fromthe west, north-west and north. The country has a minimum of dipand no outlet, therefore the greater part of the inundation in NorthAnhui is not due to the rivers over-flowing their banks, but is causedby the backwater of the Hungtze Lake and the lower reaches of theHuai, due to the fact that neither the Huai nor the Hungtze Lakehave an outlet at all in proportion to the immense amount of waterwhich is poured into them in a short period of time. A Short Historical Sketch of both the Yellow River AND THE Huai, and the Causes which led to the Present Existing Conditions From the most ancient times of which there are reliable Chineserecords, say 2000, , until 1324, , the Huai River had a well-defined channel and flowed freely to the
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