Soil Erosion of Yangtze River in Ming-Qing Dynasty

Soil Erosion of Yangtze River – Brief Introduction

In Yangtze River history, Yangtze Cruise always cruises along Yangtze River. But there are two times of cutoffs of Yangtze River and the economy grows very quickly in upper reaches of Yangtze River. Due to the economic development, the natural environment becomes terrible, for example, Yangtze River ever suffers the soil erosion disaster.

Soil Erosion of Yangtze River – In Ming-Qing Dynasty

In Ming-Qing Dynasty, the economy grows more quickly in upper reaches of Yangtze River. At the same time, it destroyed the forests coverage a lot. With the exploitation of the mountains and forests, besides the development of the sail industry, Yangtze River suffers serious soil erosion.

In middle age of Ming-Qing Dynasty, the population increased very fast at the same time the mountain exploitation gradually developed. Therefore, not only the plains but also the hills were destroyed much. Lots of deep hills and mountains and forests were damaged. Yangtze River began to suffer the soil erosion disaster. There are many poems written by great poets to tell the truth during that period. There is a saying that when autumn comes, the water level of Yangtze River rose very high, besides the silt and rocks have been took into the water. The riverbed had been raised too.

Since Ming-Qing Dynasty, there are more and more silt and rocks in the main steam of Yangtze River. In Yangtze River history, the soil erosion of Yangtze River became more seriously from then on. For example, it is 1500 g in a pail of water from Wushan Country to Fengjie Country, which has 50 kilometers away.

Since the 21st Century, the population increases a lot during the period of warlord chaos. Without any protection from the State, Yangtze River suffers soil erosion a lot.