The Yellow and Yangtze Rivers
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The Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 5, 202616 min
  • Science

Everything you need to know about the two biggest rivers in China- their history, horrible floods, and how they are same and yet dramatically different- OK Let’s Learn. Reach out for questions, feedback and future episode suggestions: [email protected] Go to our new website- okletslearn.com Support the podcast and be named a producer of the show here at this Patreon link: www.patreon.com/okletslearn OK Let’s Learn Substack page: https://substack.com/@kevinokeefe165051?r=6vm2k&utm_medium=ios...

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Welcome to the OK Let's Learn podcast. This is a family-friendly podcast where we dive into books, stories, people, science, history, and tons of different topics. My name is Kevin O'Keeffe, so today, OK, let's learn all about the Yellow and Yangtze rivers in China. Yes, two river systems that have most of the

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population in China and since China is the largest country in the world in terms of population you talk about two river systems that we need to know about they're fascinating they're historic they're tragic and yes there's so much that we can learn so okay let's learn about the Yellow and Yangtze rivers. So

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the first thing you need to know is when you look at a map of China, definitely take a look at it because obviously I can't deliver it here in an audio podcast, but the Yellow River is to the north, the Yangtze is to the south. And when you look at where they start,

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