Hanging river
Hanging river, also known as the river, that is, river bed above the river. The reason for the formation of the river is: a large amount of river to the river, open in the valley on both sides of the river, than the gentle river, a large number of sediment accumulation, the river bed constantly elevated water level corresponding rise. In order to prevent the occurrence of water damage, the two sides of the embankment continue to increase, a long time, the river bed will be higher than the two sides of the ground, a hanging river. In China, the lower reaches of the Yellow River in Henan, Shandong section of more than 800 kilometers of hanging river, part of the river even for the two hanging river, rare for the world. ...