FORESTS AND FLOODS IN CHINA 



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dense population 

 of physical laws 

 to China. To a 

 lesser degree, 

 but to the full 

 extent permit- 

 ted by the to- 

 pography, soil 

 and r a i n f all, 

 and by the 

 stream gradi- 

 ents, these same 

 results not only 

 ivill occur, but 

 have already 

 occurred along 

 the streams on 

 the A 1 1 antic 

 seaboard and 

 elsewhere. The 

 reckless clear- 

 ing of steep 

 slopes in the 

 A p p alachians 

 and in the 

 wooded areas 

 of T e n nessee 

 has caused ex- 

 tensive erosion. 



and great fertility. But the operation injured many rivers by silting, and destroyed millions in 

 of gravity and erosion are not confined property values, while in the west, overgrazing of moun- 

 tain slopes has 

 been followed 

 by rapid deteri- 

 oration of val- 

 1 e y s through 

 u n r e g u lated 

 movements of 

 water. 



Why is a 

 forest cover 

 the only solu- 

 tion of this 

 problem ? Be- 

 cause the dam- 

 age is evidently 

 caused by the 

 combination of 

 velocity, a 

 f u n c t i o n of 

 volume of flow, 

 and silt, which 

 is the direct re- 

 sult of velocity 

 and volume, 



American Red Cross Official Photograph HOUSING FLOOD REFUGEES '^'^ ^ ^^^ 



China and America joined hands through the Red Cross to provide and care for the refugees. Tliis sliows 



the huddle of mat huts in which refugees were living after the Tientsin flood before the American Red duC tO the 



Cross camp was constructed. 



Courtesy of "Asia" 



THE CAMEL-TIRELESS SERVANT OF THE MONGOLIAN 



Symbolizing to the European all the mysticism and romance of the desert 

 — to the user of camels in China they are merely "indispensable utensils." 





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Photograph by Frank N. Meyer 



ON THE ROAD FROM PEKING TO WU TAI SHAN 



A halting place along the road where one can obtain a cup of tea and 

 some coarse oatmeal cakes. A very sterile region and yet scenically 

 very interesting. 



