Yellow River: changing paths to the sea

Exploration · Quaternary

Yellow River: changing paths to the sea

Since 1128 CE · selected lower courses

An imagined river-avulsion scene, not a reconstruction of a specific flood or its extent.

Sediment, levees, floods and human decisions reshaped the lower Yellow River. Historical routes are simplified diagrams, not precise ancient channels or flood extents. The background globe retains present terrain.