Morphogenetic problems of the upper Huang He drainage basin
Cenozoic ; China ; Drainage ; Geomorphology ; Huang He ; Inherited features ; Meander ; Neotectonics ; Planation ; Watershed
The combination of meanders, deep gorges, and transverse cuttings is considered as the main geomorphic feature of the upper Huang He. The belonging landforms reveal remnants of former landsurfaces which appear as plateau flats, summit levels
of the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau. The upper Huang He drainage pattern is explained by an antecedent development of separate valley units.
Floodplain sediments on the divide between Huang He and Chang Jiang, Gansu province, NW China
Results and discussion of a stratigraphic survey made of a 21-m-profile of floodplain sediments on the watershed between the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) and Huang He (Yellow River) at 2500 m asl.: distribution of the floodplain deposits