The Yellow River, the nation’s second longest river, is known not only as the Cradle of Chinese Civilization, but also as a vast ecological corridor that has supported the flourishing of plants, animals and humans since the depths of prehistory. From its source on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China’s Mother River winds through the Inner Mongolia Plateau, the Loess Plateau and the North China Plain before reaching the coast at the Bohai Sea after a journey of 5,464 km.
After thousands of years of utilization and exploitation, the Yellow River Basin now faces environmental challenges including soil erosion, pollution and periods of insufficient flow alternating with periods of flooding. The impacts of these challenges are felt not only
