What if the Yellow River would have never changed it course to the north of the Shandong peninsula in the late 19th century? What would be the effects on Northern and Central China?
Not going to happen. Oh, you could get it to move earlier or a bit later, but the mouth of the Huang He has moved all over the place over the last few millenia. North, south, different locations both places.What if the Yellow River would have never changed it course to the north of the Shandong peninsula in the late 19th century? What would be the effects on Northern and Central China?
I don't want that it doesn't move I want that it stays in the south and doesn't turn northwards in the 1880s. Is that totally impossible with a POD in the 19th century?
Unless you get the Qing to decide on one of the largest Megaprojects in milenia to de-siltify the river and build vast walls, levies and stuff to force it to stay on the path it's on, it's pretty much not possible to prevent it from moving North.