TY - BOOK AU - Hessel, Rudi TI - Modelling soil erosion in a small catchment on the Chines Loess Plateau: (Applying LISEM to extreme conditions) SN - 9068093436 SN - 01694839 U1 - 630.116 PY - 2002/// CY - Utrecht PB - Utreht University KW - Nederlandse Geografische Studies 307 KW - Bodemerosie Modellering N1 - Flooding on China's largest and most important river, the Yangtz, is frequently reported in the press due to the almost annual occurrence of monsoon-related floods. In addition, the Three Gorges Dam being built to harness power from the Yangtze is also a matt of hot debate. In contrast, China's second river, the Yellow River(Huanghe) is not often in the news, yet this river probably poses a greater threat to the people living around it than the Yangtze does. It has been estimated that major floods on the Yellow River could threaten the lives of 150 million people: it is not by chance that the Yellow River has earned the name 'China' s Sorrow' ER -