In an amazing display of apocalyptic proportions, China’s floodgates are open to send tons of silt downstream in an effort to remove silt from the Yellow River in Luoyang, in the Henan province.
According to the Daily Mail, the annual operation of the tremendous rush of water gushing through gaps in a dam in China that is part of a carefully-choreographed operation to remove silt from the Yellow River sees more than 30 million tons of silt sent downstream a year, with more than 390 million tonnes shifted this way over the last 13 years.
The silt contaminated water shoots out of three specialised holes in the dam of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River during the annual silt-washing operation.
China’s Floodgates are Open to Send Tons of Silt Downstream – photo by Daily Mail
China’s Floodgates are Open to Send Tons of Silt Downstream -photo by the Daily Mail
China’s Floodgates are Open to Send Tons of Silt Downstream – photo by Daily Mail
China’s Floodgates are Open to Send Tons of Silt Downstream.
