U1K GROWTH OF THE YANGTZE DELTA 23 



B the main hinderance to the ocean ships entering 



- bar is 17-18 feet at lowest low water and 



it neap high water. 



Btudy of the Yangtze Estuary especially with re- 



hanghai as a port has been published in several 



Which may be found in the library of this Society. 



tfif 'Report on the Yangtze Estuarv, 1917," one 



of the Yangtze Estuary of 1919 " and 



Hangchow Bay, 1921." In 'order to get an 



pinion on the geological side, Mr. V. K. Ting, 



University, Director of the Chinese Geolo- 



t<> report and did so in a report, on 



Yangtze Valley below Wuhu, dated 1919. 



(turning to the immediate subject which con- 



- of tin Delta, let me recapitulate some of 



the two natural factors which are at 



the transporting agent, the Yangtzekiang, 



limn, the B6S with its tides. 



! I i DBB8 or THE YANGTZE. 



hi Thibet at approximately 34° Latitude 



•' itli and east for about 



Latitude 22° North, when it 



thi and finally empties into the 



h Latitude and 122° East Longitude. 



approximately 3,200 miles, and with 



its in area of approximately 756,500 



• mes the size of France. It is 



all til.- riv< i the world. It is 



in the distance of 1,630 miles to a point 



- echuen Province. Above this point, 



the channel and high velocity 



. steamer navigation is impossible 



In this section the elevation of 



; ttelv 17,000 to 800 feet above 



i 2. 



e and unexplored torrent of the 



8ha) from tin' Thibetan frontier to 



Suifu m Bzechuen, there is a fall 



r 1 in 750. This is. of course, not 



Shan tn [chang, the fall is about 



1 in 5,000. Prom Ichang to the 



all, about 8 inches per mile, or 1 in 



Wuhu t.. Wo< Bung at time of low river the 



