Rivers

Rivers:

One of the most important things you will learn about ancient china geographically is the two main rivers, that flowed through the centre of china is called the Yangtze river towards the south of China and the Yellow river to the North. The rivers was a good source for finding water, fertile soil, some food and also was used for transportation.

The Yellow river:

Known as the mother river by all the Chinese people, the yellow river is the second longest river in Asia after the Yangtze River. Its River basin was the birthplace to ancient china civilisation. Early Chinese farmers built small villages along the yellow river. The rich yellow coloured soil was good for growing a grain Called millet, the farmer’s also raised sheep and cattle.

The Yangtze River:

The Yangtze River plays a large role in the history, Culture and also the economy of modern China. As like the yellow river the Yangtze River played a huge part in the development of the culture and civilisation of the people of Ancient China, Farmers who lived on the river took advantage of the warm weather they were receiving and also the rainy weather to grow rice. The land along the River became one of the wealthiest and most important land in Ancient China. This River was a boundary for the northern and southern part of china, it is a very difficult River to cross due to how wide it is. The Battle of Red cliff was fought along the River.