As Yellow River leaves the desert region
in Inner Mongolia, it enters the loess plateau
of soil deposits which are easily erodible.
Over 90% of Yellow River's sediment enters the river from
tributaries in the middle reaches.
These two pictures show the passage
of the river between Shanxi province (to the right of the river)
and Shaanxi province (to the left of the picture).
Picture source: YRCC, Huanghe Feng,
Yellow River Pub House, 1996.