THE GROWTH OF THE YANGTZE 



DELTA. 



H. VON HEIDENSTAM, C.E. 



(1) Inikoih . i tow. 



<2 l '''ks of the Yangtze. 



(3) Til. 



DBB8 of the Delta :— 

 (a) Physiography 



Hii.i.s i\ thh Delta 

 I »• fcSBSIONB 

 I u Hu 

 (5i I m » ;iuu in of , HE Delta. 



(6) I I 



; ' ,,v nn China Coast Outside the Delta. 



Hmtoricai Records of the Ancient Mouths of the 



S - /i. 



(9) HxsTOBi u oi Establishment of Cities. 



I Wall. 



11 1 1!! ' 3l M . 



l. it tri [bland. 



1 i MKitN OB Haimen Pkomontory. 



Hani hom Bat, and the Chien Tang 

 Bi 1 I i 



(lfi 



Introduction. 



I 1 1 md on which this building of the Eoyal 



ifl it 8 • -t\ stands, down to a depth of probably over 



-'■"'' ] of fine particles of alluvium, sand and clay, 



eroded from the Upper Yangtse — perhaps from Sze- 



ohu< rhaps till further up the Chin Sha Kiang — 



Golden Sand, as the head stream of the great 



K i' called — and transported here by that mighty 



tin. 



\- kh< depth oi about 260 feet below ground surface 



the its found are pebbles and boulders, which would 



Mat laver to have once been near the surface of vast 



